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Originally Posted by Vulcan
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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The cost of extracting any resources out of Afghanistan doesn't balance against the costs of securing the area.
I don't know if you can perpetually fight a war there just to keep Al Qaeda busy any more either since Al Qaeda or what's left of it is more prolific in Pakistan and other middle east countries.
The Taliban and al Qaeda will always be in lockstep.