It sucks to see this, but it's not surprising. It takes a fair bit of magical thinking to believe that long term positive results will come from Army infantry captains/lieutenants attempting to build a market economy in a mud-brick village in an otherwise deserted valley with conventional units while the Taliban descend from the hills to plant bombs every night. Or that these guys had the will or ability to hold off these guys At least it's over?
Yeah the folks in the Afghan army were there for the free stuff and the pay check. I’m sure the army had quotas and filled them with anyone that could move. Meanwhile the teleban has been training terrorists and radicals for 50+ years probably closer to 2000. They have a well run terrorism factory nobody can stop they defeated 2 world powers, how about that for a fighting resume.