Having doubled the amount of zones under their control in the last two months, even the Taliban are surprised at how fast they're advancing

But where are these appeals? This article is a straight forward reporting of the strategic overview of Afghanistan (i.e Afghan government's not doing great) plus some voices from the civilians on the ground. Nowhere does it plea for the US to stay longer, or call Biden a war criminal or something. The closest is the very last line

The U.N. special envoy to Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that the Taliban appeared poised to seize provincial cities once U.S. and NATO forces leave, and painted a bleak picture. "The possible slide toward dire scenarios is undeniable," she said.

But I think it'd be a stretch to really call that any kind of argument that the US should stay.

If you do see people arguing that the US should stay elsewhere, I see no issue in representing your side but in the context of this thread it feels like fighting ghosts.

They don’t need my American digital tears of sympathy that do nothing for them

The world does need that, though. It's an important thing to actualize how shitty of a catch-22 you put US allies in Afghanistan when you dip on them. The lesson from US involvement in the middle east can't just leave out the ongoing impact it has on the people in the area to swoop in, half heartedly prop up a failing government, and then leave them to their fate decades later.

I see these stories basically saying “look at this bad happening because we’re leaving” and not enough extolling the fact we’re finally leaving.

For one, "Taliban taking ground" is actual world news the same way it would be if the US was never involved - of course it would have more coverage. Secondly, I think it's a huge disservice if any news outlet published a purely positive extolling of Biden leaving Afghanistan. That would be, to be frank, disgusting.

The fears that negative news would somehow reverse the US's withdrawal is also somewhat absurd - for one, it's not a reversible action - once you abandon occupied land you can't just casually come back later, and secondly these decisions are by fiat from the current President, not the masses, and we have a president now who doesn't make all his decisions from Twitter and cable news.

They don’t need my American digital tears of sympathy that do nothing for them and if anything only serve to support our continued action in some knucklehead way of “fixing” the situation when we only ultimately make it worse. This kind of misery and tragedy has been going on for years and years, only newly newsworthy in the context of our withdrawal.

Shouldn't it be newsworthy? Shouldn't there be some self reflection involved? I think you're right -- staying indefinitely isn't tenable but that doesn't make it an easy decision.

Occupying a country and manufacturing a new 'reality' for the people there only to pull the rug out is going to result in the murder and rape of some of these newfound allies when their reality implodes. Talking about that isn't an attempt to muddy the waters in favour of staying -- it's a necessary acknowledgement of the wanton destruction you're inflicting.