Originally published in the Friday Times on September 9, 2021
The return of the Taliban has left the world in a state of utter shock and amazement. In just a matter of days, the militant outfit’s accelerated sweep across the nation has helped it reclaim most of the provincial capitals, including the capital city of Kabul with virtually no opposition.
It would be reductive to perceive the prevailing situation as a hasty exit on part of the US as one attributed to botched geopolitical strategies and not account for the sheer resilience on part of the Afghan people in general that has helped deter colonizers despite their superior military might at different points in history long before Islamic militancy existed. The speed at which the current events in Afghanistan have transpired once again stands as a testament to that historical resilience, aided in part by possibly the most treacherous geographical terrain to wage war on.
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