ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban on Saturday ruled out cooperation with the United States to contain extremist groups in Afghanistan, staking out an uncompromising position on a key issue ahead of the first direct talks between the former foes since America withdrew from the country in August.
I honestly think they'll collapse now that there isn't a US presence to galvanize people against. The path of least resistance is the Taliban now and they have all that fancy hardware that the US left behind.
And yeah, if the Taliban suddenly decided to accept US support they'd immediately lose whatever popular support they have lmao.