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You've got to give it to the Taliban... They are good fighters and really smart!
Ok since you brought it up. At this moment there's somewhere in the range of 15k Americans stuck in Afghanistan, maybe much more. This takeover didn't happen overnight, it was planned for a long time. They had a preplanned network of checkpoints prior. After they set up and took control of the area surrounding Kabul those checkpoints came to use. It's a desperate and life threating situation for all all those Americas trying to reach the airport.
If the Biden administration had any brains they would have notified all those people and strongly advised them to get out prior to the pull out. ...and made sure they had ample time to take care of loose ends and make it happen. Think of the massive potential for loss of life. Think of the massive value of a few thousand American hostages. For those thousands of people it's worse than doom and gloom right now its a struggle to survive.