If the Afghan army had been made up entirely of women, would the Taliban have succeeded?

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Along with millions of others, I’m wondering why the Afghan army didn’t fight back (given they outnumbered the Taliban and were, on paper at least, better resourced).

I’ve read three separate interviews in the Guardian with Afghan women in Kabul - all have cited Afghan men in Kabul (not Taliban, Afghan) as jeering, joking, sneering at the plight of Afghan women under the Taliban regime.

Maybe its what most men in Kabul wanted and they could see the advantages of suppressing women.
I mean, lots of Western men wouldn’t mind wifey at home doing as she’s told, with no financial independence or social support.

Much of the world laughs at the fact the west is keen to put women in font line combat positions for these very reasons.

The West?
The latest figures I can find, women make up 9% of the British armed forces.
For China, it's 4.5%, which is a lot more in numbers.
India it's 8.5% in the air force, but lower in army and navy.
Japan about 6%.
Italy only allowed women in in 1999.
Most EU countries seem to be low single figure %s.
Certainly not true that "the west" is the only place to have women in the armed forces.