The Talibs are resistant to fashion and change. Afghans in the urban areas have dramatically changed their view on the world. Peasant revolts orchestrated by dark outside forces have never worked out well.
https://twitter.com/RisboLensky/status/1411302694401228809
There is a fairly decent propaganda campaign from Pakistan pretending that the talibs are sweeping peaceful into power. Identical to the mid 90's narrative.
https://twitter.com/TGhazniwal/status/1411009532696875017
There is an opposing campaign by the Afghan government detailing how many talibs are being wiped out in airstrikes. Quite extraordinary numbers..a repeat of the 2001 narrative of mass annihilation of talibs, many of them Pakistanis.
https://twitter.com/TheKillidGroup/status/1410483610088620035
The final narrative is the "last soldier out" meme. Staged by the Russians on the Friendship Bridge or even images of the famous CIA Huey lifting employees from Saigon. An example of how the public, govt and media resort to cliche to explain complex events
https://twitter.com/axsharif_s/status/1402063656381202438
The truth is that the talibs can never run Afghanistan, they are simply proxies for chaos. Turkey might have the best chance to bridge this gap. Russia too. The Saudis have typically propped up the talibs as part of their regional interests. China is going to have to rethink.
Turkey has not committed yet but they turned things around pretty quickly in Libya pouring in drones and Syrian mercenaries Other nations may just wait for the talibs to fail and back the ethnic militias again. It will get ugly. At least Kabul real estate will go back to normal.
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