How did Taliban win and what are India's options?

How did Taliban take control over Afghanistan even though the US spent more than USD80 billion in upgrading Afghanistan's military capabilities?

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Markers
0:00 Introduction
3:09 How did the Taliban win
7:27 What does this mean for India
9:43 India’s options
10:49 Why even the Taliban faces a difficult choice
13:00 Conclusion

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Sources:

0. Introduction
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/13/world/asia/afghanistan-rapid-military-collapse.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimesworld
https://www.wsj.com/articles/afghans-tell-of-executions-forced-marriages-in-taliban-held-areas-11628780820
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58205062
https://twitter.com/NicolaCareem/status/1426864171468034053
https://twitter.com/KabirTaneja/status/1426461369889484801
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/us/politics/taliban-afghanistan-us-embassy.html
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/13/politics/afghanistan-embassy-72-scramble/index.html
https://twitter.com/RichardEngel/status/1426798340579250180
https://twitter.com/Bhuvanbagga/status/1426976675431018499
https://twitter.com/DevirupaM/status/1426976895858446336
https://twitter.com/MacaesBruno/status/1426467215830827008
https://twitter.com/NicolaCareem/status/1426424111299928064
https://twitter.com/TGhazniwal/status/1426723223572516872
https://twitter.com/ahmermkhan/status/1426433896674168836
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https://twitter.com/nistula/status/1426832901602091009
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/07/08/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-drawdown-of-u-s-forces-in-afghanistan/
https://twitter.com/WajSKhan/status/1426672345649983488
https://twitter.com/WarHorizon/status/1426578364123525121

1. How did the Taliban win
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/15/afghanistan-military-collapse-taliban/
https://www.vox.com/22618215/afghanistan-news-taliban-advance
https://www.wsj.com/articles/afghanistan-army-collapse-taliban-11628958253?st=bw0l8diqj7u9urs&reflink=share_mobilewebshare
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/world/asia/afghanistan-security-forces.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article
https://twitter.com/WarHorizon/status/1426578364123525121

2. What does this mean for India
https://theprint.in/diplomacy/taliban-takes-control-of-airport-in-afghanistans-kunduz-seizes-chopper-gifted-by-india/713364/
https://twitter.com/JosephHDempsey/status/1425404552807858179
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faEwdaDQXSE&ab_channel=CGTN
https://www.livemint.com/news/india/india-delivers-a-pair-mi-24-helicopters-to-afghanistan-1558010138018.html
https://thewire.in/south-asia/exclusive-surrounded-by-taliban-india-built-salma-dams-future-is-uncertain
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/taliban-gains-complicate-indias-options/article35898057.ece
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/7/7/why-did-india-open-a-backchannel-to-the-taliban

3. India’s options
https://twitter.com/zabehulah_m33/status/1421451248012873733
https://www.hindustantimes.com/videos/news/wont-be-good-for-india-if-taliban-warns-as-new-delhi-advises-afghan-exit-101628966358101.html
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/taliban-gains-complicate-indias-options/article35898057.ece

4. Why even the Taliban faces a difficult choice
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/31/world/asia/danish-siddiqui-afghanistan-photographer.html
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/7/7/why-did-india-open-a-backchannel-to-the-taliban
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/in-a-first-india-opens-communication-channels-with-afghan-taliban-factions-101623165405972.html
https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/the-problem-isn-t-delhi-it-s-the-taliban-101627994013489.html

5. Conclusion
https://twitter.com/LNajafizada/status/1426852794175270915
https://inkstickmedia.com/india-must-remain-engaged-in-afghanistan/

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