Afghanistan

The situation in afghanistan is difficult. there's no real reason why we're there. i think the main reason for UK/US presence in the country is that they're trying to set up a democratic governing system. problem is that the afghans really don't want one, nor do they like outsiders occupying their land. the UK has had multiple experiences fighting the afghans and have had alot of trouble in that region, mainly because they're such dedicated, bastard fighters; who will literally fight tooth and claw to get you the fuck out of there. they actually developed a tactic, called butcher and bolt, which they employed against towns and such, as the name implies, they run and kill a load of people, the get the fuck out of there. and it worked pretty well. now though it's impossible to employ such dirty tactics and avoid war crime accusations thanks to NATO. basically we have a load of troops over there trying to maintain control over the regions while some dipshits far far away decides what the best course of action is. while the natives are getting more and more pissed off. it's a fucking shambles.

TL;DR shit is fucked

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Afghanistan is not hard to conquor, that is not the issue. The issue is that while most empires could have taken over it and some did. Its just not worth the logistics and expense of occupation.
We won in Afghanistan in 2002, but its going to take 20-80 years to get it into the stage were it can self sustain.
This is a small insurgency mostly restricted to the green zone (were the drug money pays for the attacks).
The British have yet to sustain as many casualties in 8 years as they took in a few weeks in the Falklands.