The Taliban, which met little resistance from the Afghan army, won’t face much additional resistance from warlords, which have largely been dismantled and disarmed by Kabul over the past twenty years.
Ghani is handing the war over to the warlords, not because he believes they can win, but because he’s attempting to make Biden nervous enough about warlords competing in another chaotic Afghan civil war to change course and return American troops to Afghanistan.
Though Biden has shown some flexibility with USAF intervention, Biden is continuing to maintain that the US will do little else besides provide the current level of air support.
The real conflict is not the Afghan government vs. the Taliban, that’s not even a contest yet, but Ghani playing the victim vs. Biden responding with tough love.
Ghani is still betting Biden will surrender to him.