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Sorry guys, but nukes just aren't an option. You've got over a billion people southeast of Afghanistan who wouldn't take kindly to fallout.
I think we've got three options:
1) As I stated in another thread, we go in with a full invading force to take out the government and the terrorist and set up an election mechanism. The key here would be to minimize damage to the civilian population and liberally sprinkle the countryside with humanitarian aid.
2) Otherwise, send in the real-life versions of Arnold Schwarzenegger and remove the cancers in the dark of night.
3) In an ironic move, use our economy as a weapon. Parachute an envoy with a blank check into that five percent of the country that's not controlled by the Taliban, and tell them that they've just won the Publisher's Clearinghouse Sweepstakes. Include a catalog of (low to moderate-tech) weaponry that they can choose from with an 800 number and a promise of overnight delivery. Might be interesting as well to sanction volunteer American expeditionary forces in case any Americans want to volunteer to fight alongside these gallant souls, whoever the heck they are.
As was stated earlier, carpet bombing will be useless, because 98.7 percent of that country looks like it's already been carpet-bombed. And there's nothing to be gained by turning the populace against us when I really think that most of them are not too thrilled with their own government to start with.
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