Almost perfect exit from Afghanistan

 

America decided to leave Afghanistan years ago, and in the last years, there was practically no real fighting anymore. The idea of remaking Afghanistan and turn it into a liberal democracy a la post-WWII Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea, proved a phantasy. They made peace with the Taliban, which co-operates with American forces. Thus, America avoided a catastrophe like Saigon. A popular Taliban government is de-facto an ally in American conflicts with China and Russia. Like Vietnam today. This is not a bad outcome, probably better than having an unpopular pro-American military dictatorship. The dominant ethnic in Afghanistan are the Pashtun, an unremarkable mix of  Middle Eastern races. In the map, the brown points.