[reagan_fanatic]

I just have a simple question - why, in almost ten years time, have we not been able to create an Afghan military capable of protecting the government and defending it against the taliban?

[silverleaf]

There is no “Afghanistan””- just a bunch of tribes with flags engaging in endless blood feuds and opium is about the region’s only significant export

Anyone “enlightened” by western thought or education emigrated a long time ago

[CharlesWayneCT]

Part of the problem is that the Taliban is living in Pakistan, and Afghanistan can’t invade Pakistan because Pakistan has a huge army and nuclear weapons.

[dirtboy]

I just have a simple question - why, in almost ten years time, have we not been able to create an Afghan military capable of protecting the government and defending it against the taliban?

I would venture that the vast majority of Afghanis hold far more allegiance to their tribal identity than to their national identity.