It is the style of the media in the West NOT to tell you that the war of the Taliban vs the U.S is still on.

G. W. Bush initiated the American war in Afghanistan in 2001. The Taliban rose to it; and it was to see Mullah Omar riding off into the sunset in his motor scooter. This war is still on. Here is the evidence:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2013-12/18/c_132978525.htm

And those of you from  NSA who are reading this now, remember this. The U.S., in time, was to outsource the war it initiated - to NATO; and now the citizenry of Afghanistan will be armed with the latest U.S. lethal weapons to take on their own Islamic kin and brethren.

How enthusiastic and committed do you think they will be to kill their own?

Therefore, you need to wonder:

What on earth is going on.

This was our war.

Let us finish it.

But NO!

It seems it was long time due to get the chewing gum from under the shoe and stick it under the dining room table.