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Afganistan: why the Taliban can't be defeated - Coggle Diagram
Afganistan: why the Taliban can't be defeated
Longest war in american history
Invaded after 9/11
Taliban sheltered al-Qeada and bin Laden
Country in ruins
Still controlled by Taliban
1979: USSR invasion
USA fund mujahideen rebels
proxy war
withdrew in 1989
sparked fights btw tribes
1996: Taliban take control of Kabul
established themselves as government
2004: democratic elections
Not an end to the fighting
Geogre W. Bush
Took troops away to focus on Iraq
Obama
Put troops back in
the good they've done (USA)
Girls back to school
democratic government
As for Feb 2020
18% districts under Taliban control
48% are contested
Taliban have
Local legitimacy
Islamic justice = better
Corrupted government = worst
had help from Pakistan
drug money
The ("western") president
Ethnic, tribal, social heterogeneity
Camp David negociations
Trump could leave without securing peace