This is a terrible tragedy for Afghanistan. But, the United States has to stop fighting Wars with one hand tied behind the back. The United States have to change the Rules of Engagement to a war fighting engagement rather than a police action which seems to be the case since even Korea. That’s not how you fight a war.
If China goes in there and cleans it up it’s because their Rules of Engagement allow them to be effective.
Not too long after 9/11, I heard an interview with Rocky Sickmann who had been a USMC embassy guard taken hostage in Tehran. In the interview he described how when the embassy compound had been breeched, state department officials were giving strict orders not to fire. Although he had gone on to a successful civilian career and his own family, he expressed regret that he and his fellow marines hadn't pulled triggers. He was certain it would have resulted in his death, but he felt the capitulation and failure to resist set a very bad precedent for the U.S. in dealing with the muslim world.