How can Japan best help in Afghanistan?

By letting mainland, the U.S., do the job. Japan is just another US island.

what else can they do, but to pump in more money. And send japanese specialists in different fields and help improve the infrastructures in Afghanistan.

Send Mr Aso...now that he's free...:)

Donating old Toyotas and analog TVs to Afghan families.

By staying out of it, and forget about trying to retrain Taliban fighters.

how about some little boots on the ground?

Start a global donation for them.

Get nations to Donate old watches,old radios,old bicycles,old TVs,old cameras,old PCs,old kettles,old furnitures,old fans,old clothes,old handphones and any kind of old things/appliances, that will make them richer.

These things of comfort, we take for granted,is scarce in afghanistan.

help telling muslim nations around Afghanistan to help them out in a positive way. then leave

let muslim helping their own sister and brother.

They can best help by staying the hell out of there.

By trying to convince the US administration and Pentagon to leave.

"They can best help by staying the hell out"

Yes, by all means, leave the dirty work to others, lol.

"By trying to convince the US administration and the pentagon to leave"

Yes, by all means, let's have the benevolent Taliban come back and take their place as the rightful rulers of Afghanistan, lol.

rajakumar said it best:donate old things of Japan to them. Japan is far advanced ,old thing is still extremely good over there.

tclh- Donate old things .we have too much off,to help out the afghans. Afghans people hearts,can won over by things.

I remember last month on twitter,a US soldier died in afghanistan,he had twitter account.

Before he died,his last post on twitter,was abour a young poor afghan,you asked for a watch.

Fulfill some the desires of afghan young,we can change things. Give this poor boy,a watch/old watch via donations from all nations.

through refuelling mission only :)

Try creating and setting a perfect example first.

Convince the americans that there is no point on drag the war for other 8 years. Send 40k more soldiers or go home.

Yes, by all means, let's have the benevolent Taliban come back and take their place as the rightful rulers of Afghanistan, lol.

Um, well, we already had successive American administrations who for many years saw it self as the rightful rulers of the 'free world' and enforced that 'right' with their military. Personaly I see no difference - both want to dominate and are willing to fight/kill because both feel they have the moral or religious high ground.

Japan can help best by not allowing themselves to be bullied into further supporting America's conflict.

"Japan can help best by not allowing themselves to be bullied into further supporting America's conflict"

Like I said, yes, by all means, leave the dirty work to others, lol. As if Japan doesn't benefit from a free Afghanistan, lol.

Need more kawaii ambassadors! Send them into Afghanistan, that should do something!

"Need more kawaii ambassadors!"

If thousands of Japanese women went to Afghanistan wearing their boots and short skirts/hot pants, it would definitely cause disruption among the terrorists. It would give them something else to think about besides killing/maiming.

By staying out of it.

"By staying out of it."

Yes, by all means, leave the dirty work to someone else, lol.

by stopping the american oil pipe line from being constructed, giving the country back to the american funded taliban (no one cared what they did before they were made scape goats for 9-11) and realising that this war will never be won because there are so few troops there and how can you beat an enemy which is scattered around mountains all over the country. This war isnt meant to be won its meant to be prolonged. so if japan has any sense it will stay well away form this pointless war which serves only to kill our troops, get an oil pipe line for the US and keep the Osama myth alive.

diggerdog at 8:46 AM - Good one.

why bother to help The US eventuality all focus will put on russia so don't even bother

by not being there at all.

Japan should Send to Afghanistan 40,000 SDF troops to support American troops.

Japan should increase the SFD in 47k troops and send 47k americans troops to Afganistan.

Send in ground forces and be willing to go toe-to-toe with the Taliban. Indeed, to support this change in policy and improve employment figures among young men of cannon fodder, sorry military age, Japan might consider establishing some press gangs that can lurk in front of Shibuya Station.

Stay home.

Global Military industrial complex needs money/war, so there needs to be 1 war every decade.

By staying out and letting America keep sorting it out;the way it is been sorting it out.

Best policy is the stance of never killing. And then help construct irrigation canals to make their land which was once quite fertile arable again and if necessary instruct farming technology.

Forget it folks, Afghanistan is beyond any help.