{"id":7143,"date":"2024-04-01T16:14:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T16:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=7143"},"modified":"2024-04-01T16:15:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T16:15:50","slug":"why-the-taliban-won","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=7143","title":{"rendered":"Why the Taliban Won"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Author:<\/b> Vanda Felbab-Brown<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Affiliation:<\/b> Brookings Institute (Director of the Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors)<\/span><\/p>

Organization\/Publisher: <\/b>Foreign Affairs<\/span><\/p>

Date\/Place:<\/b> August 17, 2021\/USA<\/span><\/p>

Type of Literature: <\/b>Article<\/span><\/p>

Word Count:<\/b> 2134\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Link:<\/b>https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/united-states\/2021-08-17\/why-taliban-won<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Keywords: <\/i><\/b>Taliban<\/span><\/i>, <\/i><\/b>Afghanistan<\/span><\/i>, <\/i><\/b>USA<\/span><\/i><\/p>

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The writer talks about the circumstances that helped the Taliban defeat the Afghan army and the American withdrawal from Afghanistan. There were signs that the Taliban was on the rise militarily and that the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) had severe shortcomings that the Afghan government had ignored since 2015.\u00a0 It is no secret that for years, ANDSF units were friendly with and \u201cwarning the Taliban of forthcoming offenses\u201d and refusing to fight them. The writer believes that although the US and other countries committed many mistakes in Afghanistan, responsibility ultimately rests with the Afghan government. Corruption was rampant within the Afghan government, making it difficult for the people to trust the government. If the Americans stayed in the country for a more extended period, there would be a full-blown war between the US and the Taliban, so the American forces had to withdraw. The most urgent priority now is to engage in tough diplomacy and bargain with the Taliban. The writer believes that the final result that Afghanistan reached was not the expected image of the United States of America. Today, the Taliban has power and control, while the United States lost 2,400 Americans and 1 trillion dollars.<\/span><\/p>

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Author: Vanda Felbab-Brown Affiliation: Brookings Institute (Director of the Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors) Organization\/Publisher: Foreign Affairs Date\/Place: August 17, 2021\/USA Type of Literature: Article Word Count: 2134\u00a0 Link:https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/united-states\/2021-08-17\/why-taliban-won Keywords: Taliban, Afghanistan, USA Brief: The writer talks about the circumstances that helped the Taliban defeat the Afghan army and the American withdrawal from Afghanistan. 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