Very interesting discussion with @ObaidullaBaheer, @jmurtazashvili, and Michael Semple on Taliban "governance" and the conundrum of humanitarian aid provision, funds, and engaging with the Taliban given the looming humanitarian catastrophe.
My own opinion on this issue is that NGOs and governments empowering, legitimizing, and subsidizing brutal regimes and insurgents like the Houthis, Taliban, Assad, TPLF, AQ, etc out of humanitarian concern does far more harm than good 👇
https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1428280353446268928?s=20
The fact is that the Taliban just do not care about governance or aid provision or anything, really, beyond jihad and Sharia.
https://twitter.com/Ayei_Eloheichem/status/1419481799101599746?s=20
It's a 1990s redux. This is from 1997: “It would be better if everything were the way it was before. I’d rather they fire rockets at one another from time to time, as long as there’s food. What’s the use of the present order if there is nothing to eat?” kyleorton.co.uk/2021/09/01/afg… 
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