[JorgiOLusinio]

Look at almost every modern society. No country jumped from anarchy and lawlessness to a civil society through democracy. Monarchies and absolute rule had to come into place to allow people to organize. Afghans have been unable to organize due to the splintering rules of the warlords as well as the continuous invasions of their country. No other country has seen the amount of wars, the number of invading armies than Afghanistan.

If you've studied a bit of anthropology, you'll see that societies had to evolve into democracies. You cannot force something like that without having a strong foundation set in the country to build upon. Look at Saudi Arabia before King Saud united the warring tribes. It was no better than Afghanistan but oil was discovered, which benefited not just the monarchy, but the people as well. Granted there still remains poverty and double standards, but Saudi Arabia is better for the monarchy than it was when it was inhabited by warring tribes. Now, some may say that the time for the monarchy has come to an end, but we should know that the monarchy set the foundation for other forms of government to exist in Saudi Arabia.

The rule of the Taliban was the best kind of "absolute rule" possible because at least the basis was Islam and at least the leadership had taqwa and no double standards, nor were they kowtowing to foreign entities and forsaking Islam.

excellent observation