The Taliban simply need to show up, and the locals are submitting to them. Why? * Because everybody can see which way the balance of power is tipping. The US i

The Taliban simply need to show up, and the locals are submitting to them. Why? * Because everybody can see which way the balance of power is tipping. The US is too weak to stay, and unlikely to ever come back. The Talibans are right there, hungry for blood. * Because many would rather have Sharia law than US backed corruption. Mullah Omar was publicly executing bacha bazi perpetrators. 'One of the original factors mobilizing the rise of the Taliban was their opposition to the practice.' The US was turning a blind eye if not actively protecting them. In an infamous case, they pushed out a SOF captain and almost fired a decorated SOF sergeant for doing something about it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacha_bazi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacha_bazi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Omar#Forming_the_Taliban https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Omar#Forming_the_Tali... https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/us/green-beret-who-beat-up-afghan-officer-for-raping-boy-can-stay-in-army.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/us/green-beret-who-beat-u...