Kabul, Sept. 18 -- : The West, in particular the US, had deluded itself into believing that the Taliban would honour all the pledges made and assurances given by them. They promised to have an inclusive government and not to allow Afghan soil to be used for attacks against any other country.
Sergio Restelli, in a blog post in The Times of Israel, said that they took everything the Taliban said at face value.
On September 7, 2021, the Taliban announced the names of people who would run its "interim government". The elected members were the hardliners, who's who of some of the most wanted terrorists in the world.
17 of the 33 members of the new cabinet are on the UN Sanctions list, and a larger number are designated terrorists by the US.
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