Afghan government collapse.

[Statilius the Epicurean]

Assuming the Afghan government does collapse completely, then it’s time for the US and others to make some sort of an accommodation with the Taliban.

Why? The US (and the UK and the rest of Europe/the West) has zero interests at stake in Afghanistan. They can happily ignore whatever happens with zero consequences, except maybe droning some terrorists if needed like Yemen and Syria.

[Statilius the Epicurean]

This guy was classy as hell

https://twitter.com/bsarwary/status/1426624176073367554?s=20

The portrait of Babur is a nice touch.

[Statilius the Epicurean]

Announcements from the Taliban have been kinda weird. If they actually ruled relatively moderate, at least compared to expectations, it would be hilarious.

The funny thing about women's education is that it's actually permitted in Islam, which is a reason why it was rather popular and the major success of development efforts in the last 20 years. So the Taliban might be "relatively moderate" and say allow segregated primary/secondary education for women in a circumscribed curriculum focused on religious study.