People in Afganistan, do not want to see progress in their country. Period. They chose this life of fanatism and hatred. They let the Taliban rule. All the money or support in the world cannot change that sadly.
> "The Taliban are sending boys — beautiful boys, handsome boys — to penetrate checkpoints and kill, drug and poison policemen," said Ghulam Sakhi Rogh Lewanai, who was Uruzgan's police chief until he was removed in a security reshuffle in April amid worsening violence.[0]
US servicemen have come home with PTSD, not from combat but having to share a hotel with US aligned Afghans and hearing young boys be repeatedly raped in the next room. Those who spoke up were punished.[1]
Step into their shoes, a foreign invader installs pedophiles to run your government and rape your sons. You expect them to support it? Personally I'd start building IEDs.
[0]https://www.businessinsider.com/afp-taliban-use-honey-trap-b...
[1]https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/09/american-militar...
[additional reading]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacha_bazi
The only other option was the Taliban, which granted is not great, but better than what the west was pushing. The US has more failed states under it's belt than it does successes. Hard to believe they were actually trying to help given the track record and the past 20 years.