Very good question OP, and of great relevance to this current situation. It is true that the Afghan army has 350,000 trained personnel.
While the Taliban only have 85,000 fighters and the vast majority are not trained for this.
One of the actions for which the government of Afghanistan did not act against this group of terrorists occurred through the government itself and its president.
We see the case of its former President Asharf Ghani, who said that his departure from the country was to avoid a massacre.
It is believed that because of this initiative the Afghan army did not act, to avoid mortality in the country.
It is also believed that it may be due to the agreement signed in Doha, Qatar. For the former President of the United Studies Donald Trump with the Taliban, who sought the agreement to safeguard the security of the United States and the agreement to bring peace in Afghanistan.
Although the visible result for the moment has been the fall of the Afghan government and the fear that the Taliban will restore the regime that they imposed in Afghanistan before the invasion of the West.
the afghan military had 200,000 troops in 2012
and that number has gone DOWN
in 2019 they had 'on paper' 185,000. but far far less on active duty, due to the fact that alot of the military were trained in air support roles not ground support roles
also to note. due to the deal trump done last year to start the US evacuation. he actually signed a deal that the taliban can take over as an effort to prevent al-queda taking over. part of this is saying to the afghan military to not intrude on the taliban take-over, but instead only seek out any al-queda threats.
and this is why the afghan army didnt put up a fight.
To put the above another way, the Taliban currently has up to 40,000 American hostages. In the last 24 hours, the US was able to evacuate around 700 Americans out of Afghanistan.
the embassy employees were evacuated in july. all thats really left in afghanistan are the remaining american troops.
as for your 'last 24 hours 700 americans'
it is actually more like 2000 (averaging more than that per day)
as for your 40,000 american hostages... well that sounds like a number pulled out your back side
the state department counted between 5k to 10k americans expected to be in afghanistan
(as of date of your post)
your probably including all 'american contractors' which includes the native afghan translators and workers paid by america. by which.. yes they dont get an easy pass to get on a plane. but this is not really a taliban 'hostage taker' thing but an american policy about refugee application processing delay.
yes biden should just do a 'bring them all to another american controlled country' and process them in safety away from afghanistan, but at the moment its still a 'apply in afghanistan and wait your turn'... near impossible to do when all the US embassy's have gone
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