Worst comes to worst, it’s easier to police a small city than an endless backwoods.
true but an other problem is that even many of the “civilians” can easy become violent because of the “lowest” incident. there is not so much difference as you may think between a Taliban and a standart “civilian”.
For example they may not like the Taliban but this does not mean that they would be against vendetta, poppy trade, child marriage, or beating their wifes, or treathing them like cattle in general... and if “you” would dare to interfere in something like this most “civilians” would have no problem in try to kill you over this.