Agreed, America really helped start all this by backing the Mujahadeen (some of who are Taliban now) in the Afghan-Soviet war (proxy war) of the 1980's. The 2001 invasion itself has not really had any benefits. It's only destroyed more of Afghanistan and left them with a corrupt puppet (Karzai). The "war on terror" was bogus with the stuff happening there by both sides.

Anyway, there's one thing Afghanistan needs to reduce influence of the Taliban. It needs to be allowed to grow it's economy, war only hinders that.

Here is Kabul in the 1970s before any wars kicked off. It's was still poor but a very progressive place to be. 

This is the cost of war. Thanks alot to both Russia and America! 

Agreed, America really helped start all this by backing the Mujahadeen (some of who are Taliban now) in the Afghan-Soviet war (proxy war) of the 1980's. The 2001 invasion itself has not really had any benefits. It's only destroyed more of Afghanistan and left them with a corrupt puppet (Karzai). The "war on terror" was bogus with the stuff happening there by both sides.

Anyway, there's one thing Afghanistan needs to reduce influence of the Taliban. It needs to be allowed to grow it's economy, war only hinders that.

Here is Kabul in the 1970s before any wars kicked off. It's was still poor but a very progressive place to be. 

This is the cost of war. Thanks alot to both Russia and America! 

Agreed, America really helped start all this by backing the Mujahadeen (some of who are Taliban now) in the Afghan-Soviet war (proxy war) of the 1980's. The 2001 invasion itself has not really had any benefits. It's only destroyed more of Afghanistan and left them with a corrupt puppet (Karzai). The "war on terror" was bogus with the stuff happening there by both sides.

Anyway, there's one thing Afghanistan needs to reduce influence of the Taliban. It needs to be allowed to grow it's economy, war only hinders that.

Here is Kabul in the 1970s before any wars kicked off. It's was still poor but a very progressive place to be. 

I've actually forgotten why the U.S. troops even went there in the first place. What the hell did 9/11 have to do with Afghanistan again?

Afghanistan was sheltering the organization behind the attacks, fool. 

Any actual proof the 9/11 bombers came from Afghanistan or Iraq?

Obviously the city has grown, there are way more people now but war and instability for 35 years has done far too much damage. It should of been a developed country by now and Afghanistan likely would of been if it wasn't for ongoing war. Even if Kabul looks similar, stuff like women's rights and decent government certainly don't seem to exist anymore. A huge shame.

While the Taliban to me are like communist insurgents, they thrive off everyone's economic hardship. So if anything, just stop the war. Fund the building of better infrastructure and factories. Similar to Japan after ww2. 

What you are asking is not what I said.  Let me try to put it more simply so you can understand. 
1.  "Al Qaeda" was responsible for the attacks on September 11, 2001, at the World Trade Center and elsewhere. 

2.  Leadership of Al Qaeda was in Afghanistan, and the leadership in Afghanistan ("the Taliban") knew that they were there and had access to them. 

3.  The Taliban said that they would turn over the leadership of Al Qaeda if they were responsible for the attacks, but also said that they did not believe that that was the case. 

4.  NATO fucked them up. 

Now admittedly, my little jaunt to the Wikipedia article makes the U.S. sound more dickish than I was aware was the case, but I hope your ignorance on Afghanistan's involvement has been corrected.