What happens now to all those US-backed militias in Afghanistan?
For better or worse we stood up armed groups that are now operating under varying degrees of local, state and Taliban control.
Matthew Dearing is an associate professor at the College of International Security Affairs, National Defense University, in Washington, D.C. He is author of Militia Order in Afghanistan: Guardians or Gangsters? (Routledge 2021). Follow him on Twitter @dearingmp
For better or worse we stood up armed groups that are now operating under varying degrees of local, state and Taliban control.