Taliban Withdrawal Was Strategy, Not Rout

"In less than a week, Taliban fighters have been swept from most of northern Afghanistan, including the key cities of Mazar-e-Sharif, Herat, Kunduz, Taloqan, Bamiyan, Jalalabad and the capital Kabul. How did a force that only two months ago controlled most of Afghanistan get swept from the battlefield so quickly, and is the battle over? Evidence suggests it has only just begun."

I've linked Stratfor before. It's one of the few places you can get actual strategic analysis instead of soundbites and photo ops.