re: Protest in Afghanistan after Quran burning
you tell me what hasn’t been achieved? then we will examine those unachieved goals.
to answer your question, the US…
- removed the taliban government from power overnight
- kept them out of power for a decade - relegating them to caves and pakistani safehouses
- ended the use of afghanistan as a safe haven for al-qaeda and a sanctuary for them to plan attacks like 9/11
- decimated al-qaeda including killing osama bin laden and most of its other leaders
- ensured that the taliban will never harbor al-qaeda again, even if the taliban regains power in the future
what else do you want? every core US objective has been achieved in full.
why are you talking of controlling afghanistan? that is an irrelevant goal.
maybe you should go even further and add “all taliban must voluntarily get a tattoo of the US flag” to your definition of victory for the US.