[Nathan _in_Arkansas]

Mazar-e-Sharif was a stronghold. Dostan ruled that city to the point the government had to do what he wanted.

That Dostan’s militia, which kept the Taliban out of MES for 20 years, retreated so fast is a surprise to me. But what do I know? I was just there in late 2019.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Thanks for your first hand account. Who knows what deals they cut over there? It is a different planet from mine.