[Goety]

I think you're a little off the mark on that one. There is widespread support against demonstrable human rights abusers, particularly with marginalization of women.

The current Taliban have a very good PR person, presenting themselves as moderate. Their actions since the February 2020 agreements have been seen, and opinions have been formed.

If I were a betting man I'd say that they would pay telecom censors top dollar to prevent a further ruffling of feathers of the US public.

[MisterBastahrd]

Sure there's widespread support. There's widespread support for a lot of things that people don't want to fund indefinitely.

It doesn't mean that there isn't also widespread support for ending indefinite funding to lost causes.

Of the two, the former is far more likely than the latter to move the needle when it is time for people to vote for political candidates.