Ghani’s hasty departure leaves anger and bitterness in its wake

The chaos that followed the president's exit has created its own suffering - and may leave a much longer legacy of pain

By the middle of last week, Kabul's capitulation to the Taliban was perhaps inevitable - but the horror and chaos of the last few days were not.

As the militants swept across Afghanistan, seizing towns then major cities, their negotiators in Qatar offered a deal that would have ushered in a pause in fighting, with a two-week transition period to a new government, the Wall Street Journal reported.