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> The USA created a democratic government in the hopes that the troops could be withdrawn and the local Afghan government would maintain its own affairs

Democracy in the USA is based upon directly elected local government and a local property tax on landowners. We never tried to establish anything resembling american style democracy in Afghanistan.

Imagine if after each contentious national election the President appointed all of the state governors, all the county and city executives were also appointed by the governors or the President, that there was no direct property tax on corporate and individual land owners, and that the national government levied an internal sales tax.

The USA wouldn't survive more than a few years under Afghanistan style democracy.