Firstly, I have made hundreds or thousands of posts about the social, economic and political problems in India, whether it be farmer suicides, student suicides, hunger, lack of healthcare etc, so I do worry about India.
Secondly, if you had cared to read the OP it speaks of Afghan women worried about the now-changed Afghan society and contributing to the article interviews done by a foreign press agency. Those Afghan women didn't tell the journalist and her accompanying staff to "let the Afghans worry about Afghanistan" and go away.
And you don't seem to care about the 180 intellectuals and journalists assassinated by the Taliban between 2020 and 2021. And you seem flippant about the misery that will increase drastically in Afghanistan now because of Taliban rule.
Indians on this forum are not trusted because they are trolls and only seek to antagonise the members and then cop a nice verbal beating. But, reading your posts, I think I can grant you better treatment from my end so that we can have a fair discussion.
First of all, the concerns for Afghan women and the wider Afghan populace is genuine. However, I think, The Taliban of 2021 are not the same as the Taliban of 1990s. The previous version only understood to make gains and govern using heavy handed tactics due to their pure military function. Come 2001, the Taliban's traditional allies no longer recognised them and they could see the true effects of international isolation where their enemy, the NA, conveniently and easily took over the country with the aid of international forces. The Taliban were not present during the Soviet war and so such massive bombardment against them must have been pure hell and they witnessed true raw firepower and there were no weapons from no country that could aid and protect them. They had no where to run and were completely broken and in deep shock. Now, they were just pawns in the grander game of world politics and quickly understood from their patrons where they stood.
Now, the new Taliban, it seems they understand how important geo-politics is for their survival. It seems that they have been nurtured to use diplomacy more to win than pure brute force. It didnt happen overnight, it tooks years of battling the US, an opponent that the world listens to and commands a powerful position on the battlefield. But, it seems that the US made a decision to let go of the Aghanistan War due to numerous reasons, out of scope of this discussion, which the Taliban used to its full advantage.
If this was the same Taliban of 1990s, they would not have granted general amnesty, nor would they have accepted surrender, nor would they have agreed to an inclusive government (never happened before) and would have used plain brute force to achieve their objectives which would have ended in a stalemate leading to a protracted civil war. There were external enablers as well, I would guess them to be the SCO members, who are keen to get rid of the US and also have certain factions under their influence in Afghanistan who could have picked up arms and continued fighting. Yet, since the bigger picture is in question and the Taliban have been shown the role they need to play which appeals to them, they most likely understand that they need to be a lot more measured in dealing with their subjects.
Here is a link that came through from BBC, where a female TV anchor is having a discussion with a Taliban media rep.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world...1b52c8d825f75cc4e28f98&pinned_post_type=share
where this is temporary or permanent, only time will tell. But considering they have witnessed a far better outcome using diplomacy more, they may have acquired the taste and can employ to their subjects giving them an opportunity to live better lives.
