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So, what were those last 20 years for? They couldn't finish off the Taliban?
I was a kid back in the 90s, but I remember the occasional news we'd get about Afghanistan back when the Talibans ruled there. Basically women being stoned and whipped for not being entirely covered with their burkas. And it was against the law for girls to go to school there. Also, music and art were banned there. It's like there were no leisure activities allowed there. Must have been hell on earth.
Anyway, Afghanistan seems like a very tribal society still. And a place full of corruption and with a medieval level of mentality. Turning it into a normal and functional democratic nation was always going to be a pretty daunting task. It's not exactly a very progressive place. For all we know, a lot of the civilians in the country probably support the Taliban.
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