which if the Americans had cared even the tiniest bit about how corrupt that government was it might have lasted longer. Literally as much of the Afghan government's army only existed on the books and officials were just taking the money the Americans sent as military pay and keeping it

Also the Taliban are legitimately more against child marriage than some parts of America as while the practice is common in Afghanistan it's not permitted in the Islamic faith and the Taliban therefore take a stance against it (as far as an organisation like that can take a unified stance they aren't exactly a well run bureacracy) The Taliban of course are still awful and you do not have to hand it to them but they aren't barbaric savages and Islam is a serious religion that should be respected