The Taliban are telling the world that they don’t intend to oppress the Afghan people this time. Should we take them at their word?
Of course not! They want to recreate the 7th century in their country. They will go as far as the world lets them. Period.
The bottom line is that the Taliban are the monster to Pakistan’s Dr. Frankenstein, and Pakistan is now a Chinese client state. Stability in the neighborhood is now their problem, not ours. Good luck with that.