That said, regarding islamic treatment of women, can’t change it via occupation
Well, technically you could...
Just disregard Pakistan cutting supply routes, and UN whining about human rights and stuff...
So yeah, didn't happen, and isn't going to.
My main concern with this is how the Taliban will treat women after we are gone.
You can end open conflict, but keeping certain barbaric standards of treatment for women from returning is far harder to prevent.
That does raise a greater question:
How much blood and money should western countries spend on keeping foreign islamic men from mistreating foreign islamic women in the stereotypical way?
I think the sentiment is very much against "world police" initiatives like that.
I'm of two minds on this. I'm glad this conflict is coming to an end and no more will have to fight and die in that shithole country that time forgot and probably will forget again. So Amen to that. Now, while I want peace and I'm glad Trump is making good on being the Peace maker, I'm not sure the Taliban will honor the treaty.
During the war they had numerous ceasefire agreements with the US and the Afghanistan government. All of which they broke. I'm not too worried about them regaining the country as their power is more or less broken. But they can become a regional problem for sure. And those tend to fester.
At this point i think it's just about USA disentangling itself from the situation while saving face. There are no reasonable objectives or goals USA could pursue by staying that could be fulfilled with realistic and politically acceptable methods and resources.
Since then, whatever happens, US government can just say "well, Afghanistan is a sovereign country, we no longer have anything to do with it, and any of its many problems aren't our problems, finally".
Lets see who would a "regional problem" in Afghanistan be a problem for, really? Iran? Russia? China? Pakistan? Is USA really interested in keeping these countries free from regional problems?
It would have been over in the first two years honestly. Special Forces had those fuckers on the ropes. The organization was literally on the ropes and desperate when they sought sanctuary in Pakistan. And Bush never called them on it. Thus they were allowed to recoup losses, only for us to trounce them again, and again, and again.
I swear it was almost cyclic. We'd smash them, they'd retreat to rearm, train and rebuild, then about a year later they'd be back in force only to repeat the cycle. Fucking Pakistan.
That's a part that makes this situation unsolvable. Can't win this sort of war while at the same time relying on a country that shelters and supports insurgents for your own supply lines while pretending it is an ally.