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Afghanistan was descending into chaos because Trumps Skedaddle Accord devolved into an unconditional withdrawal of US and allied forces with little to no regard for our former allies. I mean as long as the Taliban didn't shoot at us, we were good with pretending all the violence in Oct of 2020, including ISIS terror attacks on civilian in Kabul, didn't really concern us.Sure as hell looks like negotiations were underway and on the table.
Sept. 12, 2020 — After seven months of delays, Afghanistan government officials and Taliban representatives meet in Qatar for peace talks. The U.S.-Taliban agreement called for the first peace talks to begin on March 10.
Sept. 16, 2020 — The Taliban continued attacks on government forces. The Voice of America reported that “Taliban attacks in three provinces across northern Afghanistan since Tuesday killed at least 17 people, including six civilians, and wounded scores of others even as a Taliban political team was negotiating peace with Afghan government representatives in Doha, Qatar.”
Dec. 2, 2020 — After past false starts, Afghan and Taliban negotiators agree on a framework to govern peace negotiations. “At the same time, the Taliban continued its ‘fight and talk’ strategy, increasing violence across the country to increase its leverage with the Afghan government in negotiations,” the Defense Department IG’s office said a quarterly report covering this period.
Timeline of U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan - FactCheck.org