It appears neither of them had a full sense of the Taliban's movements and strength. As noted by the complete failure of the 300K Afghan military whimpering at the sight of a Taliban
militia man.
Yes, it would be nice to know what is up with Pakistan's support of Taliban - it has been a rumor for sometime now. I'm sure the 5k DJT and Ghani Taliban jail release gave additional
support to the Taliban crusade.