Why this is the last chance for the Taliban | OPINION

This new Taliban government is looking like a legacy of Mullah Muhammad Omar but with some new tactics and new allies on the international scene.

The Taliban finally announced an all-male interim government in Afghanistan, 23 days after the fall of Kabul. Many people predicted that the Taliban would announce a new set-up on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 but these predictions proved wrong. The Taliban avoided further humiliation of the superpower and announced their government four days before the 9/11 anniversary. They were only waiting for the fall of Panjshir. The US administration is not looking happy with the new Afghan interim government because there is no representation of other political groups. It is a 100 percent Taliban government, including some ministers wanted by the FBI and some who spent many years in US prisons. Most of the faces, including the new head of the cabinet, Mullah Muhammad Hassan, are old colleagues of Taliban founder Mullah Muhammad Omar.