OPINION: Pencing by Mario O. Feliciano Jr.

WHY DO some Filipinos opt to remain in Afghanistan? Afghanistan is one country where no one dares to thread now. It’s all because of the Taliban takeover of the peace-loving Afghans’ capital city of Kabul, and its environs.

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THE TALIBAN'S takeover of Afghanistan was swift and thorough. The U.S. government’s $83 billion project of state-building failed spectacularly. And the U.S. military’s provision of $6 billion a year in security assistance proved meaningless, as Afghan security forces simply evaporated in the face of Taliban offensives, surrendering without a fight.