With nearly 80,000 troops the Taliban managed to defeat over 3,00,000 serving Afghan forces in a matter of weeks as the world witnessed Afghan military commanders surrendered without a fight. The US aid spending watchdog estimated the spending of USD 88.3 billion on security-related reconstruction in Afghanistan up to March 2021. What led to the crumbling of Afghan forces? Also, there was fear among Afghan forces that if the Taliban would take over then revenge and personal scores would be settled. Hence the US military trainers have had nearly two decades to train and ready the Afghan forces for a Taliban insurgency.

Source: dna August 17, 2021 07:40 UTC