It's almost like there is a shadow government [1,2,3] which uses these people as puppets for the citizenry. Of course the puppets are clueless. They just need t

It's almost like there is a shadow government [1,2,3] which uses these people as puppets for the citizenry. Of course the puppets are clueless. They just need to approve everything the shadow government has on its agenda. In the Western world there is enough bureaucracy that shadow government operatives can operate from within government institutions freely and unlike the Taliban which projected its power in occupied territories through the overt threat of violence. [1] https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/live-afghanistan-taliban-news/card/BFhE0BwSxGmXoRdPyaUL https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/live-afghanistan-taliban-ne... [2] https://odi.org/en/publications/life-under-the-taliban-shadow-government/ https://odi.org/en/publications/life-under-the-taliban-shado... [3] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/06/21/the-taliban-has-successfully-built-a-parallel-state-in-many-parts-of-afghanistan-report-says/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/06/21...