It was also a war waged by the United States, so why did the Taliban make a comeback and the Iraqi regime was wiped out? In fact, Saddam's Republican Guard resisted for many years, and it was not until 2015 that the U.S. and Iraqi forces killed Saddam's successor, then Vice President Ibrahim.
After the end of the main fighting of the Iraq War in 2003, Ibrahim reorganized the Iraqi Republican Guard corps into the Army of the Nakshbandi Order. The Nakshbandi Order, made up of members of the Ba'ath Party, these soldiers are veterans of the Iraqi Republican Guard who survived the blows of the US army, and their combat effectiveness is very strong, especially their guerrilla warfare tactics are a headache for the US army. Thus, Ibrahim later had a nickname, the Red Devil.
After June 2014, iss where armed groups can sweep through Iraq and Syria, in which the Nakshbandi Order army has played a heavy role. The second head of the IS armed forces killed last year was also from the Iraqi Republican Guard.
Why can the Taliban make a comeback while the Iraqi Republican Guard cannot? First of all, the intensity of the blow is not the same, the US military has been stationed in Iraq 100,000 troops to suppress these people, and secondly, the Nakshbandi Order army has also suffered heavy losses from fighting too actively.
The Taliban actually fought very little in Afghanistan in the last few years, killing on average no more than 10 U.S. troops per year. The most important thing is that the Taliban have Pakistan to hide and recuperate, while the Nakshbandi Order army does not.
