Jacques Attali is a writer and the president of Positive Planet. He served as a counselor to French President Francois Mitterrand and was the first head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
What is happening in Afghanistan should remind us of an obvious fact that is too often forgotten: any event, whether positive or negative, whose dynamic materialization is certain or very likely, generally occurs much sooner than expected, surprising those who live in the comfort of the present.
