If I can point out some other things. We didn't arm the Afghanistan gov't with the best weapons because we were worried they'd fall into Taliban hands. That's is point out in the mainstream media. So if you were an Afghan soldier what might your calculus be?

The goal in Afghanistan for the Pentagon is not what you read in the papers. Nothing to do with Bin Laden or even the Taliban. I write about that here.

https://maxrottersman.medium.com/the-taliban-is-the-least-of-the-worlds-problems-d1b2135090ae?source=friends_link&sk=885c5de683c088672149659d857cdb2f