The political landscape and Islamism would probably see to it as well that thing aren't at all easy and it's not even stable or modern today.

As well, foreign intervention and influence in the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan%E2%80%93China_relations]region by China[/url] would likely upset conservatives, or lead to the nation not being as free from things as you'd like. And the Chinese love to pump money into things.