what's to be done about Afghanistan?

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The hard truth is that the Taliban (or at least, factions of the Taliban most willing to eschew violence in favour of politics) will have to be accepted as a component of Afghan politics. They are obviously vile, corrupt and despised by the Afghan population, but these are traits largely shared by our ostensible "allied" forces in the Afghan government and its affiliated tribes. They obviously need to be put on a schedule to disarm, and support the basic tenants of power sharing/rights for ethnic minorities, but the priority should be on reducing NATO presence.