Afghanistan is never going to have a "stable situation" because it's not a single country with a single national identity. The various ethnicities (and tribal i

Afghanistan is never going to have a "stable situation" because it's not a single country with a single national identity. The various ethnicities (and tribal identities) are far more important to the people there [0]. It only has national borders because its neighbors enforce their national borders. Its border with Pakistan is another in a long line of the British Empire's poorly considered border delineations [1]. As for retaking areas, it takes a much larger force to take a defended region than to hold it. The same force holding that area doesn't have the strength or supplies to retake it once it's lost. The only reason the Taliban has moved in so easily is the ANA has folded at every encounter leaving regions effectively undefended once the US pulls troops out. [0] https://media.nationalgeographic.org/assets/photos/000/329/32912.jpg https://media.nationalgeographic.org/assets/photos/000/329/3... [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durand_Line https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durand_Line