Taliban 1, U.S. 0

The return of Taliban leaders who had been driven from Sangin in southern Afghanistan raises concern that fragile security gains achieved by U.S. Marines could be reversed.

Insurgents who were driven out of the Taliban stronghold of Sangin in southern Afghanistan are flowing back in as winter lifts, threatening fragile gains achieved by U.S. Marines over the last five months, according to American commanders.

The return of midlevel Taliban leaders, including some believed to have taken refuge in Pakistan, raises concern that violence is likely to surge in this strategically located district in northeastern Helmand province, long used by the Taliban as a base of operations.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-afghanistan-gates-20110309,0,3350514.story

Everyone suspected the Taliban would return after the U.S. left Afghanistan.

I don't think anyone thought they would come back while we were still there.