Listen Jimmy;
If defeating sandal wearing ak-totting rag tags with B-52 carpet bombing sorties, Apaches, AC-130s, drones, and employing thousands of Northern Alliance fighters is a big achievement then so is making a superpower bow and beg for peace;
Taliban lost that time because their strategy was flawed; they couldn't have won an open war at any cost. Once they rectified their error, they made your soldiers cry like bitches (I can post the pics).
And in 2011 there were 140,000 US troops, NATO, 300,000 Afghan army and billions of dollars invested to defeat Taliban once and for all---we know who got humiliated that time, result is written on the wall of Doha Taliban office for those who wish to see it---those who live in 2001, or want to continue sleeping can do whatever soothes their inflamed ego.