Afhanistan is NOT on the list of 6 banned countries-- this was probably a bureaucratic screw up. This is the kind of thing we want if we want to stop sending thousands of US troops there. We had 100,000 US troops there and now are down to 10,000. But we are sending another 3-5 thousand. Partly the result of Russia supporting and arming Al Quaeda and other radical Islamist groups there. The Generals say we are losing that 16 year war.