The USA wants the things as they are.The status quo. A bleeding, suffering Afghanistan is a good excuse to prolong its stay. Now they are even embracing the Taliban. Recently, in Musa Qila, a Taliban commander Mulla Salam was appointed as governor by Karzai. The USA has no problem with the Taliban so long as it’s ‘our Taliban’.
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Hmm, wasn't Osama bin Laden one of "our" Taliban during the Soviet occupation of the early '80's?
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The USA has no problems with the Saudi-backed Wahhabist fanaticism that was taught with US tax dollars in Pakistan, why should they necessarily not like the Taliban, 'eh?
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