Afghanistan is in a state of chaos. In a major military offensive, the Taliban has taken over nine provincial capitals with two falling to the militia on the night of Aug. 10. As the militant group ignores peace negotiations and as their killings of civilians, prisoners, and government leaders increase, a cry for a change in U.S. policy is growing louder. “Given the Taliban’s behavior lately, U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to rapidly withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan appears increasingly questionable,” said five former U.S. diplomats to Afghanistan (James Cunningham, Hugo Llorens, Ronald Neumann, Richard Olson, and Earl Anthony Wayne) in an analysis published by the Atlantic Council on Aug. 6. Whether or not the Afghan resistance to the Taliban wins, the outcome will be of catastrophic proportions, and the United States should continue limited engagement and prevent total state collapse and chaos, said the five former diplomats. “Abandoning courageous people …