They surrendered to that drone...
because they knew it was used to direct artillery fire. They'd had enough shelling and bombing. Before they surrendered, we'd been hitting them with bombs from B-52s, F-16s, F-18s, and A-10s as well as the MLRS. That's one of the things that happens when your army is made up of a bunch of demoralized conscripts. There's only so much any man can withstand, and it's usually less if he doesn't believe in the cause he's fighting for. The report that the Taliban are using press gangs to build up their military doesn't bode well for their support among the people.