Fun fact: they were ready to do exactly that in December 2001.

https://archive.is/7mdtL

Hamid Karzai, the Pashtun tribal chief who was named at Afghan peace talks in Bonn to lead an interim Afghan government, said that Taliban militants would turn over their arms and ammunition to a council of tribal elders and would be allowed safe passage to their homes. That process, he said, should be completed within a few days.

It was not clear whether the U.S. objections would impede the surrender. Mr. Rumsfeld did say that the U.S. military campaign would continue vigorously, and for some time.

How right he was. He was terrified he'd lose his war, and vigorously opposed the surrender of the Taliban.