In light of recent events, the real reason why US won't leave afghanistan directly from an American.

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

Many Pashtuns are a part of US-backed Afghan government as well. Even Ashraf Ghani is a pashtun. WE must understand that pashtuns have diverse views as well - WE cannot paint them all with the same brush.

He and Karzai are from the liberal class of Pukhtoon Kabulites who are used to prostituting themselves to any invading power for briefcases full of money.

If you even listen to their speeches which are mostly in Dari, their accent is nothing like the Pukhtoon majority of Afghanistan.

Their lifestyle, women’s dress, and culture is filthy and perverse to most Afghans. These are the kind of warlords, drug dealers, and mafia whom Taliban was created to oust from power.

They represent Pukhtoons just as much as Abdullah represents Kashmiris.

 

[Path-Finder]

Thanks for the share. Something meaningful from your end in this discussion, finally.

No individual, organization, or political entity is perfect. Afghan government is not an exception to this reality. Therefore, complaints and grievances are to be expected.

Do you think everybody in Pakistan is satisfied with how PTI-led government is managing the affairs of Pakistan? I can assure you that this is not the case, but Pakistani nationals are not up in arms in different parts of Pakistan because they understand that they will only damage Pakistan with irrational behavior. Organization is necessary in the larger interests of a nation/country; YOU need to allow institutions to develop and give them a fair chance to deliver results. If these results are not up to your expectations then YOU bring those people to power who can make them work. This is called civilization.

What I see in Afghanistan, is utter chaos, and the inflexibility of Afghan Taliban to address 'problems' in a meaningful way. They are making it very difficult for the Afghan government to govern Afghan spaces. They have attacked many Afghan Police Stations and killed many Afghan Police Officers for instance. How can Law & Order situation improve for the masses under these pressures? How can governance get better for the masses under these pressures?

Afghan Taliban want to see US-funded Afghan government fail so that people loose faith in it and embrace them instead, but this is leading both camps to nowhere and ordinary Afghans are suffering in the process. There are people/tribes in Afghanistan who will never put up with heavy-handed tactics of the Afghan Taliban - who refuse to surrender to them. This dynamic implies a perpetual state of Civil War in this country.

Unfortunately, Afghans do not realize that foreign entities and even terrorist organizations are taking advantage of chaos in Afghanistan, to advance their respective goals instead. ISIS-K is very strong in Nangarhar for example, and it is responsible for numerous attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan from time to time. Thanks in part to the pressures of insurgency of the Afghan Taliban, COIN have not succeeded in Nangarhar because ISIS-K have no shortage of potential recruits either.

Trump administration offered Afghan Taliban a future in Afghan politics, and attempted to create an environment for the intra-Afghan dialogue involving both Afghan government and Afghan Taliban to materialize, but Afghan Taliban always had an excuse to postpone this agenda. Trump administration eventually agreed to cut down American presence in Afghanistan to appease Afghan Taliban and encourage them to commence intra-Afghan dialogue, to no avail. Now all are back to square one.

So when and how this nonsense will end? Somebody has to show maturity, right?

Like I said briefly, no matter what you think or perceive to be right by your own admissions means diddly squat. No one dictates afghans and they are not going to take wishes of others into consideration.

 

[Humble Analyst]

Whatever this is it is not going in a good direction and people who can see ahead understand it is not good for anybody involved.