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by wasfgwp 12 days ago
They occupied the country and mostly/almost did accomplish that. 2002 to ~2005 were reasonably clam.

Then their failures to bulld a stable government brought the Taliban back.

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US did not occupy the country- they occupied the big cities and a built a huge airbase. Countryside was in Taliban hands for the most part.

US never closed the border with Pakistani - and the talibans retreated in Paki when under attack and then went back in Afghanistan when things calmed down.

In Afghanistan US won as much as it won in Vietnam.