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How did the Taliban take over Afghanistan so quickly?

The insurgents mixed threats and lures with propaganda and psychological warfare as they took city after city.

The Taliban's stunning and rapid takeover of Afghanistan was the result not only of their battlefield strength, but also a sustained push to force surrenders and cut deals. The insurgents mixed threats and lures with propaganda and psychological warfare as they took city after city -- some with barely a shot fired -- eventually capturing the capital Kabul. How did this happen? Why didn't the Afghan army put up a fight? As foreign troops began their final withdrawal in May, Washington and Kabul were confident the Afghan military would put up a strong fight against the Taliban. With more than 300,000 personnel and multi-billion-dollar equipment more advanced than the Taliban arsenal, Afghan forces were formidable -- on paper. In reality, they were plagued by corruption, poor leadership, lack of training and plummeting morale for years. Desertions were common and US government inspectors had long warned that the force was unsustainable. Afghan forces put up strong resistance this summer in some areas such as Lashkar Gah in the south, but they now faced the Taliban without regular US air strikes and military support.Faced with the smaller but highly motivated and cohesive enemy, many soldiers and even entire units simply deserted or surrendered, leaving the insurgents to capture city after city.How did the Taliban take advantage of low morale?The seeds for the collapse were sown last year when Washington signed a deal with the insurgents to withdraw its troops completely.For the Taliban, it was the beginning of their victory after nearly two decades of war. For many demoralised Afghans, it was betrayal and abandonment. They 

continued to attack government forces but started to combine those with targeted killings of journalists and rights activists, ramping up an environment of fear. They also pushed a narrative of inevitable Taliban victory in their propaganda and psychological operations. Soldiers and local officials were reportedly bombarded with text messages in some areas, urging them to surrender or cooperate with the Taliban to avoid a worse fate. Many were offered safe passage if they did not put up a fight, while others were reached through tribal and village elders. What happened to the anti-Taliban warlords and their militias? With Afghan forces unable to hold off the Taliban advances, many of Afghanistan's famed -- and notorious -- warlords rallied their militias and promised a black eye to the Taliban if they attacked their cities. But with confidence plunging in the ability of Afghanistan's government to survive, never mind hold off the insurgents, the writing was also on the wall for the warlords. Their cities fell without a fight. Warlord Ismail Khan in the western city of Herat was captured by the Taliban as it fell. Abdul Rashid Dostum and Atta Mohammad Noor in the north fled to Uzbekistan, as their militia members abandoned humvees, weapons and even their uniforms on the road out of Mazar-i-Sharif. But how were the Taliban able to do this so quickly? The Taliban had started putting deals and surrender arrangements in place reportedly long before the launch of their blitz in May. From individual soldiers and low-level government officials to apparently provincial governors and ministers, the insurgents pressed for deals -- with the Taliban all but victorious, why put up a fight? The strategy proved immensely effective. The images from their final march to Kabul were not of bodies in the streets and bloody battlefields, but of Taliban and government officials sitting comfortably on couches as they formalised the handover of cities and provinces. According to one reported US estimate less than a month before the fall of Kabul, the Afghan government could collapse in 90 days. But once the Taliban captured their first provincial capital, it took less than two weeks.

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 Afghan president Ghani says Taliban has won as militants           enter Kabul
 
  President Ashraf Ghani fled as the insurgents closed in on the capital Kabul


   Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said Sunday after fleeing the country that the Taliban had won, as the             militants entered Kabul -- nearly 20 years after they were ousted from power by a US-led invasion. Ghani     left as the insurgents closed in on the capital, before ultimately entering the city and taking over the                 presidential palace, sealing a nationwide military victory in just 10 days. The Taliban have carried out a         lightning sweep of the country, with government forces collapsing without the support of the US military, which is finalising its withdrawal in alignment with an August 31 deadline set by President Joe Biden. The insurgents' imminent takeover triggered fear and panic in Kabul among residents fearful of the group's hardline brand of Islam, which it imposed during its 1996-2001 rule. The Taliban have won with the judgement of their swords and guns, and are now responsible for the honour, property and self-preservation of their countrymen,' Ghani said in a statement posted to Facebook, his first since fleeing. They are now facing a new historical test. Either they will preserve the name and honour of Afghanistan or they will give priority to other places and networks,' he added, saying he left to prevent a 'flood of bloodshed.' Ghani did not say where he had travelled to, but leading Afghan media group Tolo news suggested he had gone to Tajikistan. After initially ordering fighters not to enter the capital, a   

Afghanistan soldiers patrolling in the city of herat
Taliban spokesman confirmed the Islamist insurgents had entered several districts in Kabul to 'ensure security.' Three senior Taliban sources also told AFP that their fighters had taken control of the presidential palace and were holding a meeting on security in the capital. Fighters inside the palace said they had been 'victorious,' in footage aired on Al-Jazeera. 'Theformer Afghan president has left the nation, leaving the people to this situation,' Abdullah Abdullah, who heads the peace process, said in a video on his Facebook page. Ghani's departure from office was one of the key demands of the Taliban in months of peace talks with the government, but he had stubbornly clung to power. The insurgents said they want a 'peaceful transfer' within the next few days. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged the Taliban and all parties to 'exercise restraint' and said that the rights of women and girls, who suffered under the previous Taliban regime, be protected. The UN also said the Security Council would meet over Afghanistan on Monday. There are fears of a security vacuum in Kabul as thousands of police and other armed services members have abandoned their posts, uniforms, and even weapons. The United States began moving its citizens and Afghan staff to Kabul airport, with the help of thousands of troops deployed to the capital to assist with the evacuation. A US defense official said several hundred embassy employees had already been evacuated from Afghanistan, and that the airport remained open to commercial flights. The US embassy said there had been 'reports of the airport taking fire' but those were not immediately confirmed. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the Western alliance was working to keep the airport running 'to facilitate and coordinate evacuations', as foreign nationals and Afghans converged on the facility to attempt to leave the country. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken nevertheless dismissed comparisons with the chaotic American departure from Saigon in 1975. 'The fact of the matter is this: We went to Afghanistan 20 years ago with one mission in mind,' he said Sunday. 'That was to deal with the people that attacked us on 9/11. That mission has been successful.' The scale and speed of the insurgents' advance have shocked Afghans and the US-led alliance that poured billions into the country over the past two decades.   
President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan left 'holding the bag' by the devil
Quraanic Scripture; chapter 14, verse 22
'And the devil will say, when the matter is decided: Surely Allaah promised you a promise of truth, and I promised you, then failed you. And I had no authority over you, except that I called you and you obeyed me; so blame me not but blame yourselves. I cannot come to your help, nor can you come to my help. I deny your associating me with Allaah before. Surely for the unjust is a painful chastisement'

 President Joe Biden ordered the deployment of an additional 1,000 US troops to help secure the evacuation of embassy employees and thousands of Afghans who worked for American forces and now fear Taliban reprisals. That brought the total expected in Kabul in the coming days to 6,000. Biden's decision to stick to his withdrawal timetable has come under increased scrutiny given the collapse of the Afghan armed forces, but he insisted there was no choice and he would not 'pass this war' onto another president. Ghani's government was left completely isolated on Sunday after the insurgents overran the anti-Taliban northern stronghold of Mazar-i-Sharif and the eastern city of Jalalabad. Like with most of the other captured cities, the seizure of power came after government forces surrendered or retreated. Videos posted on pro-Taliban social media accounts showed the group's heavily armed fighters in cities across the country, waving white flags and greeting locals. In Kabul, many resident were already resigned to the Taliban taking power. 'My only wish is that their return leads to peace. That is all we want,' said Kabul shopkeeper Tariq Nezami. For the tens of thousands who have sought refuge in Kabul in recent weeks, the overwhelming mood was one of apprehension and fear. 'I am worried there will be a lot of fighting here,' one doctor who arrived with his 35-strong family from Kunduz told AFP, asking not to be named. 'I would rather return home, where I know it has stopped.'

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