Although I understand wanting the US gone and having their imperialism stifled, I am not sure how one could be happy the Taliban are in power.
We are watching a very Western narrative on the news. About how the Afghanis are devastated and it's the end of the world and we have to let them all immigrate over here and live with us. But I was watching Al Jazeera this morning and most Afghanis don't really care. Many by the Pakistan border were being interviewed and saying it hasn't even disrupted their businesses or their cross border trade.
The thing is, it was a civil war. And the Americans picked sides. And when they do that, the enemy are suddenly evil terrorists and despicable and do all kinds of human rights atrocities etc ... but how you you expect them to treat you and your allies when you've been drone striking them for 20 years? They hate you, of course.
But regular Afghanis don't seem half as bothered as the BBC are making them out to be. Sure, the current Afghan politicians and those who aided the Americans are packing it. They've lost the war. But no one else seems that bothered despite all the protestations about women's rights and girls education and all the other leftist tropes the MSM like to bandy about.
My feeling is that apart from the current government and allies, everyone else will be better off now this power vacuum has been allowed to equalise.