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Yes. On Friday PBS interviewed Ambassador Adela Raz, Afghanistan's Envoy to the United States and asked about this. Her response seemed a bit flimsy and not very convincing. You can see it here at 7:05 mark:

https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/newshour/episodes/august-13-2...

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Thank you. Heartbreaking.

When she mentioned air support being pulled back, I wondered if the U.S. could have still kept some order through that alone. It made me think of how the Americans maintained no-fly zones over Iraq for a dozen years after the Gulf War.

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