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The fact that the Taliban was able to run through the country over a few weeks was because the Taliban actually has a large and legitimate following in Afghanistan, especially amongst the rural and the poor.
Hence Taliban is actually not a foreign force but an ideology to which a large part of Afghanistan subscribes to.
Additionally, it is in the bigger cities and the middle class/upper middle class who have always been the target of the Taliban and who gained the most over the past two decades.
These are the same people who are trying to flee because the retribution by Taliban would be directed against them.
For the rural and poor, Ashraf Gani and his corruption made their lives as miserable as they would be under the Taliban rule.
About America, well the less said the better. They just don't have the stomach or the fight to be the pre-eminent power in the world and now the secret is out there for everyone to see.
About the world, well it's always been hypocritical. We have molly coddled the Saudi's for years, even though the Taliban are nothing more than a cruder form of the Al-Saud form of governance and justice.
The only thing is that the Saudi's are rich and hence we kept our mouths shut and the Taliban are poor so we cry foul.
What would be interesting is to see how India reacts. Will we claim our high horse moral stand or actually work with the cards that are dealt to us.
An Afghanistan/Pakistan/China nexus is absolutely catastrophic for us.