Taliban interim government: Is past prologue? (Crosspost)

In Allah’s Name, this is an article that I wrote early this month after the Taliban emirate announced a cabinet that looked suspiciously similar to its governments and shadow governments of the past. https://www.trtworld.com/opinion/taliban-s-interim-government-is-the-past-prologue-49802. Note that since then, a number of independent technocrats have been added in what is still a very much Taliban cabinet.