[https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/01/middleeast/taliban-afghanistan-middle-east-us-cmd-intl/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/01/middleeast/taliban-afghanistan-middle-east-us-cmd-intl/index.html) >"The dramatic scenes from Afghanistan have sounded alarm bells throughout the Middle East, raising the specter of a hasty undoing of an economic and political order that has hinged on, or sought to counter, a large US presence in the region."