One of the reasons the US is in Afghanistan is to get access to their resources and if they pull out that will be history. Otherwise I don't see why the Americans care who runs that country as long as it isn't the al Qaeda. The other reason is to keep the al Queda busy so they don't threaten the West. To keep the al Qaeda on their heels they need a base or bases in Afghanistan or Pakistan for their drone strikes.
Are the Taliban and al Qaeda still in lock step?
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