That's 20 years of occupation.. I'm surprised to learn that "the mission is accomplished", but then i must have misunderstood the mission and/or what constitutes accomplishment of it. If the mission was affirmation of the undisputed fact that no forign force can occupy and maintain control in afghanistan for more than a few decades and only in a tiny fraction of this vast shithole of a country, then i guess it's accomplished. It won't take the taliban 20 years to regain control of most of the country.. my guess is maybe a couple of years. If some stupid notion that "democracy" is applicable everywhere results in elections, maybe they won't have to wait for two years, because the sorry sods inhabiting that place will vote them into power out of sheer hated of the former invaders.