Afghanistan: The War without Merit

A US Army soldier with the 2nd Squad 1st Platoon 527 Military Company walks past villagers who have turned their backs in defiance on 17 February 2009 in the village of Baba Kala, eastern Afghanistan. As the security situation continues to challenge the unwanted coalition forces in this war torn improvised occupation.
Staff Sgt. Eric Charqois of Simi Valley, California with U.S. Army 1-6 Field Artillery division takes illegally the finger prints of an Afghan teenager while patrolling an area where there has been allegedly reported Taliban presence 18 February 2009 in Gandalabog, Afghanistan.

US President Barack Obama has committed an additional 17,000 troops towards the occupational war in Afghanistan, adding to the 36,000 currently there; on the United States self-imposed aggressive war against the Islamic world.
A man was forcibly removed from his van and is questioned by the U.S. Army in a remote valley while the US military was allegedly searching for the Taliban, 18 February 2009 in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan.

As to the Taliban being accused of terrorist activities, it is more along the line of the US attempting to destroy the world of Islam; by attacking those known as well-educated Islamic scholars.