Maybe this is a dumb question, but I’ve been thinking about it recently. With the Taliban taking back over Afghanistan, I’m trying to see things from a non-American perspective.
Is the Taliban actually a bad organization or do they have a warped image of being evil thanks to America? Are they more comparable to say, Hamas, rather than ISIS?
I would say they are similar to Hamas in the aspect that they are the strongest faction of anti-imperialists in their region due to the liberal and socialist factions being decimated from decades of western interference. Although in Afghanistan, some of that decimation came from the socialists themselves being a touch ultra-Left and advancing faster than the Afghani people could tolerate. But thats a different can of worms.
That said, the complete withdrawal of Nato forces from Afghanistan which most likely will lead to the taliban installing an Islamic fundamentalist government will have the negative repercussions that comes from having a reactionary state in power. But it is from here the Afghani people can begin to build towards their liberation through the liberalization and eventually socialization of their society with their on hands.