Time to get ALL Americans out of that rat hole. 19 years have been too long. Our military service members and civilian contractors have performed admirably..... from our initial enterance until now, you could have started a 20 year career somewhere. Enough. If the Afghans cannot control their own destiny , then so be it. Next time a terrorist camp is built or a known nest of bad guys are found, the NUKE it!
The problems today are a remnant of “The Great Game” when Afghanistan was a buffer between Russia and British India in the mid-1800s. Britain deliberately put the Pastuns in two countries to weaken them and leave a legacy of problems. They did the same thing in the Middle East with the Kurds, who they placed in 3 countries with none of their own.