Dead Pan.
The system of New Villages worked in Malaya because the Chinese are pragmatic, had nothing to lose, and the methods used would not be acceptable today. Moreover, the tribal ties and sense of omerta are so strong in Afghanistan that it will take generations to move forward. When I was working with well-educated Afghans (there is a small, but burgeoning middle class) many of them assumed that the current British Involvement was to avenge defeats of the 19th century. it will take more than exposure to Western 'culture' to change these mindsets.