re: What the reality of life in Afghanistan is today for an Afghan Christian

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I do think that training the Afghan military and police to operate devoid of American support would have been a far better policy than dependent upon American intel and support.

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Did the Afghan Security Forces fire a single shot? Doesn’t seem so. In a way, the complete absence of any opposition to Taliban rule is a clear message of the selection of the Taliban as rulers. It’s really messed up, but the non-Taliban government had the means to defend themselves. They chose not to do so.

What happens next is outside of our control unless we want to restart the occupation. I certainly don’t want Americans to go back. That really is the only alternative.