its very simple basically talibans are engineered and upbringing of US only to fight against ussr ussr lost in afghanistan so will US in the near future (the signs are already there) geographical location of afghanistan / pakistan is very very rich, in terms of controlling south east asia or in other words, all oil rich countries, BUT USSR somehow survived and recently the first sea ship arrived there but for US, the future is very very dark afghanistan and iraq will prove a mass graveyard for US and its allies