US withdrawal from Afghanistan resulted in immediate collapse of Afghan government. Taliban just walked over them.
The list of reasons attributed to the debacle is endless (probably more than the number of analysts). Some of the reasons include:-
- Taliban never abided by the terms of the agreement.
- Failure of Afghan military to counter the Taliban advance.
- Corruption in Afghan government.
- United States had forced the Afghan government to release imprisoned Taliban fighters.
- US did not understand the local psyche.
- US concentrated on equipment and training for Afghan military capability building, ignoring the mind factor.