It is hard to justify putting your life on the line for a government that you see as corrupt. Furthermore, Afghans don't have a sense of national identity the way that we think of it in the States. A highly tribal country, the nationalist values that we identify with military service here isn't manifest there. It also strikes me as paternal to have the make up and mission of a sovereign police force dictated by a foreign power. Haven't we learned our lesson? U.S. training is what brought the Taliban to pre-eminence in the first place. This has all happened before and it will all happen again.  View

While it would be wonderful to get U.S. troops out of Afghanistan, it surely seems as if there are continuous troubles there--and that we probably shouldn't leave just yet if we want to weaken the Taliban. I understand that the U.S. army perhaps does not have the proper skills or people to start police stations, etc. But, for pete's sake, couldn't they get some of those people/resources sent to Afghanistan? It seems like a small step that could (at least partially) help a much larger conflict.  View

So sad so many woment and children were killed, however that may have been the intent, not by Taliban, but an act by others to stir hatred against the Taliban. Contrary to reports, Taliban did not confirm the bombing. Sick world we live in.  View

I live in Peshawar, Pakistan. The most overpowering sentiment over here would be that of sheer hoplessness. The Taliban, of course, are much hated due to obvious reasons. Right now I don't really see much of direct anti-American sentiment. There are those who blame "external sources" for secretly financing the Taliban but that is mostly followed by a general agreement to, "just give Pakistan to America nice and peacfully...good ole colonial time".  View

The Western Empire (predominant U$) established Mujihadeen (Afghan), replaced by the Taliban, today rolled up with others into mythology called the Al-Qaeda, and the CIA cash crop of Afghan and Columbia finance the Military/Industrial perpetual war economy with a Check-Kiting Trade-Dollar in the absents of any morality or decency. Blame the Afghanistan (only) for not all dying in the 1979-2009 "Give Russia Their Own Vietnam" and our Military/Industrial needing a time to regroup (in Afghan) to eventually spread their 'Constabulary' world domination into other parts of the world.  View

Go in with overwhelming force (Colin Powell) with the goal of subdueing the Taliban or get out. These half measures just put a Band Aid on the problem and makes America look indecisive and weak to the Taliban. The delays are all about politics and appeasing speciial Democrat interest groups as opposed to military strategy  View

What scares me is that they are a nuclear power and the amount of anti-Pakastan government militia that control the tribal regions of the north in recent years and months have slowly but surely getting closer and closer to the souh and the capitol! I pray that the U.S. have a plan in place to make certain that these Taliban  View

Yes, the Taliban read the papers too. I'm sure they put two and two together and realized what the stipulations attached to the U.S.'s aid package means for terrorist cells operating in the region. So now that the Pakistanis have been wholly bought by Uncle Sam, why not add them to the list of targets. Looks like doing business with America is bad for national health.  View

Afghganistan is the size of Texas. Our kid are dying. Send in troops to kill the Talibans and get rid of the Taliban kids. Why are we wasting time and letting our kids die? Politics? The time has come to stand up and fight  View

More troops will bring more violence and more deaths. I can't see why finding Bin Laden has taken so many years, so much money and so many lives. This war should have been over no longer than one year after it started. If we continue this war, the Taliban will only get stronger and pose a larger threat.  View