No one has ever tamed Afghanistan.
Many have tried, all have failed.
We should not waste one more American life.
but before we go:
Collapse the Kyber Pass
Burn & paraquat all the poppy fields
Not true both Alexander and the Mongols tamed Afghanistan using the same basic method. Come to a village, town or city and meet resistance everybody dies. Go to the next place and repeat. Soon the natives were all to glad to cooperate. Faux ally attacks everybody dies. It was a long time before the Afghans resisted after the Greeks and Mongols moved on.