In Afghanistan the Americans are fighting the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, who are supported by the Iranians and the Arabs, because the Americans want to send the oil of Kazakhstan and the natural gas of Turkmenistan to Pakistan and India, so that Central Asia is not completely dependent on the US rivals (Iran, Russia, China). Actually that’s what the communist dictators of these countries want. They do not want to be dependent on China, Russia and Iran. But that would hurt the oil and natural gas exports of the Iranians and the Arabs.
In Afghanistan there is also the regional war between Iran, India, the Arabs and Pakistan. Even if the Americans weren’t there the Iranians, the Indians, the Arabs and the Pakistanis would kill each other in Afghanistan. But I am talking about the war between USA on one hand and the Taliban and Al-Qaeda on the other.
For more details see “The Afghan Oil Pipeline and the US Negotiations with the Taliban”
And “The Paradox of Afghanistan”
https://iakal.wordpress.com/2016/07/12/the-paradox-of-afghanistan/
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