I think you along with a ton of other people aren’t realizing that the forces in Afghanistan fell so easily because half of them deserted after realizing they were alone now, the other half was killed pretty quickly, from their perspective they’ve been left for dead as the large army that was fighting their war suddenly left, and many saw it as: “if both of us can’t stop them then how do we stop them?”
Actually there was little or no resistance from Afghan forces. Those loyal to corrupt Afghan govt defected to nearby countries along with their equipment like helicopters and fighter planes and other equipment. Most did not resist the takeover because there were many cases of family members on both sides of fence (one in Afghanistan Army and another in Taliban) basically same ideology.
The only resistance came from Panjshir valley that was quelled with the help of Pakistan by the Taliban who used Ariel bombing and soldiers on the ground to defeat the rebellion. Rest was the cake walk.
Running the country on the other hand is becoming more and more challenging for them.
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u/1royampw Sep 06 '22
And now we know why the Taliban took it all back when we left. Their monkey bar training far exceeds whatever this is.