Matrix Report
Factors behind Taliban’s dramatic military advance range from Afghan soldiers unwillingness to fight to rampant corruption: Matrix Report states.
Dramatic Military Advance: Afghan Soldiers And The Governance Structure
The most dominant factor: War fatigue and disinclination among Afghan soldiers to fight and kill own people. Biggest enemy: Corruption (that even the US government was aware of). The entire governance structures and the Afghan Defense Forces were financially bleeding )
Biggest Misunderstanding: Another compelling factor for the Taliban’s dramatic military advance relates to the fact that the Afghan national army was on its own. It suffered from lack of training as well as massive corruption, with little ideological commitment and resolve
Biggest misplaced projection: Afghanistan has a resolute civilian infrastructure , whereas the reality was that the government machinery at the highest level largely comprised people with dual nationalities or permanent residences abroad
Biggest falsehood: Afghanistan is India’s “immediate neighbour”.
Biggest miscalculation: The US will never leave
Major beneficiary: US Security Contractors, Afghan partners
Who is the victim: Millions of poor, hapless Afghans
It has never been clearer; the US-led post 9/11 war on terrorism was built on lies, concoction and arrogance tinged with a sense of self-righteousness born out of geo-politics
