What is ''the mission'' in Afghanistan?

[influx]

I think its to stop the spread of Shariah law across Muslim countries and the reestablishment of the Islamic Caliphate which would be disastrous for the West.

 

[edward]

The dynamics in Afghanistan took a strange turn last Summer. There are large deposits of rare Earth's in Afghanistan.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=afghanistan-rare-earth-elements-could-beat-taliban