"are we ever be able to get rid of them any soon" I think that will be our most difficult issue to get rid of Taliban. They gived afghans a brain wash that takes a long time to become normal again.
I asked my selfe the same question like you matty "why are some of afghans who have moved to west from afghanistan are still mad and supporting those taliban" I cant believe it that these kind of people enjoy the western life, culture and the company and use their rights and the democracy but on another side they complain about western countries and support fundamentalism!!