Can the Taliban be weakened / defeated in Afghanistan?

Is it practicable to severely weaken and/or defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan?

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US/Nato need to weaken the Taliban before the Taliban will negotiate
Can the Taliban be weakened / defeated in Afghanistan?
Need to defeat the ideology not the soldiers
Taliban have very little support in Afghanistan now
Taliban may be applying different criteria to notion of "war"
How can the US/Nato weaken the Taliban prior to negotiations?
Hard to negotiate with people when they believe they're winning
Taliban believes it's winning at the moment
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