August 15 was declared as holiday in the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), to mark one year of Taliban rule. There was little cause for celebration as the Taliban, which promised to transform to 2.0 avatar, has at best crawled to 1.1. The country continues to languish as pariah state with recogn
This article was first published by ZEIT Magazine and was nominated for the Distinguished Reporting Award of the 2021 European Press Prize. 
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