For those who may think that what is happening in Afghanistan is just a problem for the thousands of Americans and Afghan allies trapped there, a lot has been said about Russia and – especially – China taking advantage of this.

Also, ISIS in Iraq and Syria were pretty much beaten, and, until now,  the Taliban were stalemated in Afghanistan, so the international jihad was going nowhere.

Now, that jihad just had a big win and that is going to have a ripple effect.