Commentary With each passing day in Afghanistan the Taliban grows stronger, and the pro-American government forces grow weaker. Anecdotally, you can see the momentum building in the news coverage. The Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Long War Journal, which has been tracking war in Afghanistan for years, estimates that as of Sunday the Taliban controlled 213 districts. It reports that the government controls 70 districts, and some 115 districts are being contested. Thus, after the United States, NATO, and our Afghan allies spent 20 years fighting to create a post-Taliban country, the evidence is growing that we have lost. The Long War Journal also reports as of Sunday, there are an estimated 13.4 million people living under the Taliban, some 10.3 million living under the government, and about 9.1 million living in contested areas. Remember that these are people whose memory of war goes back more than 40 years to …