I don't believe Al Qaeda and the Taliban were the result of our intervention. Perhaps they were the result of insufficient intervention, however.
There were both good and bad Afghans fighting the Soviets. At the time, the Soviets needed to be defeated. We provided the necessary means. Probably we should also have been more helpful to the good Afghans after the Russkies were pushed out.
There were both good and bad Afghans fighting the Soviets. At the time, the Soviets needed to be defeated. We provided the necessary means. Probably we should also have been more helpful to the good Afghans after the Russkies were pushed out.
The defeat of the Russians left a power vacuum in Afghanistan that the Taliban filled. Bin Laden got his start and his credentials as a mujahadeen. What happened was due to the law of unintended consequences. By uncritically aiding the mujahadeen, "good" and "bad", we set up the dominoes that ended in the 9/11 attacks.
Now, you are proposing the same uncritical strategy for Nepal, as long as the Chicoms are the enemy. Even if the result is a well armed, well trained absolute dictatorship supported by radicals.