The Afghan security forces may not collapse in the immediate withdrawal but would fight back. Taliban would want to capture the cities one by one as it did in the 1990s; the former would want to prevent the same from happening. This would lead to what the majority Afghans want to avoid - an open house.
read moreDespite a decent election, there are challenges in converting it into an irreversible democratic process. Internal politics and external interest are chief among them and, not the threat posed by the Taliban.
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