The Afghanistan government was totally in bed with the Taliban all along. They were about as stable as a reed in the wind as a government. So all the outrages about women-—denying them even a basic education so that they’ll be helpless and totally dependent on their men who treat them worse than animals, “honor” killings, kidnapping women and forcing them into marriages, beating them, etc. will go on. It is frustrating to know that such human torture goes on in the world and we are helpless to stop it. What happened to the billions and billions of dollars wasted on the U.N.? Where were they while this was going on for years and continues to go on? Heck, they probably even pitched with with the rape of women there.
Not to mention the same sex rape of young boys. And fathers swapping their own sons with other fathers for man-boy sex. Add in the cash crop of opium poppies for the big H and you have got a rather horrible environment for any attempt at civilization.
Yes, I think you’re right. The Afghan government was never anything but a Taliban front organization , with its main purpose being the collection of money from gullible foreign governments.