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''Built and trained at a two-decade cost of $83 billion, Afghan security forces collapsed so quickly and completely — in some cases without a shot fired — that the ultimate beneficiary of the American investment turns out to be the Taliban.''</ref>

''Built and trained at a two-decade cost of $83 billion, Afghan security forces collapsed so quickly and completely — in some cases without a shot fired — that the ultimate beneficiary of the American investment turns out to be the Taliban.''</ref>

Taliban atrocities included executions, <ref>[https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/08/03/afghanistan-advancing-taliban-execute-detainees Afghanistan: Advancing Taliban Execute Detainees], HRW, Aug 3, 2021</ref> even killing kids in front of their parents.<ref name=mid-day/>

Taliban atrocities included executions,<ref>[https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/08/03/afghanistan-advancing-taliban-execute-detainees Afghanistan: Advancing Taliban Execute Detainees], HRW, Aug 3, 2021</ref> even killing kids in front of their parents.<ref name=mid-day/>

Afghans became fearful of brutal regime return.<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2021/08/16/1028016095/taliban-takeover-reminds-afghans-of-the-brutality-of-their-previous-regime Taliban Takeover Reminds Afghans Of The Brutality Of Their Previous Regime], PBS, Aug 16, 2021</ref>

Afghans became fearful of brutal regime return.<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2021/08/16/1028016095/taliban-takeover-reminds-afghans-of-the-brutality-of-their-previous-regime Taliban Takeover Reminds Afghans Of The Brutality Of Their Previous Regime], PBS, Aug 16, 2021</ref>