it is sad how the women in afghanistan r literally having their freedoms, aspirations and hopes taken away overnight...😢😢😢

It's sad to me that there seems to be no significant counteractive force in Afghanistan. Why are the Taliban so powerful and so influential? Why did the cities capitulate so readily? Unfortunately religious fanaticism is an extremely potent motivator, and a lukewarm U.S.-supported army and government isn't enough to counteract the zeal of Taliban fighters who have been laying in waiting for two decades for their return. Though I refuse to believe that the Taliban is the be-all end-all for Afghanistan. Some day there may come a homegrown, secular-ish, modernizing force that can oust them once and for all.