I guess the modern day version would be nuke it from orbit?
The only problem with that is if we want to use Afghanistan as a Forward Operating Base for Iran and China?
That way we will have Iran and China pretty much surrounded.
Or, Iran and China will have us boxed in.
Don’t need nukes. Use B52s with HE and incendiary bombs, one city at a time, from east to west. Drive the survivors, if any, into Iran.
Khitan General: My fear is that my sons will never understand me... Hao! Dai ye! We won again! [Cheers] This is good. But what is best in life?
Khitan Warrior: The open steppe, a fleet horse, falcons at your wrist, and the wind in your hair.
Khitan General: Wrong! Conan, what is best in life?
Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women!
Khitan General: [Cheers]...That is good.
China surrounded? Might want to check your geography.