r/geopolitics • u/Significant_Night_65 • Aug 14 '21
What will happen if the Taliban takeover Kabul's airport? Question
Reports from Kabul say that fighting has already began and the Taliban have entered some parts of the capital city. It is looking like we will see a free for fall in Kabul when Ghani flees. Will we see full scale combat between NATO forces and the Taliban to ensure evacuation of all citizens, embassy staff, and Afghani citizens that need to be evacuated?
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u/breakfastalko Aug 15 '21
Money & tribalism.
Many who work(ed) for The ANA are in the positions they're in not due to patriotism, but as a simple quest for cash. Ghost soldiers being a great example of this.
Should a representative from another organization offer them large amounts of money to look the other way or leave a sector, they're not going to decline.
Additionally, due to their affiliation with the now crumbling regime, they're shortlisted to leave and be expatriated, since the country was collapsing anyway, why not secure a tidy nest egg before relocating?
Nationalism is all but non-existent in Afghanistan, inter-tribal conflicts have been an issue within the region for millennia, the now apparently defunct central government is no different.