Taliban has ‘a long way to go’ to effectively govern Afghanistan, Chinese scholar says

The Taliban has a long way to go to show it can effectively govern Afghanistan after it seized power, according to a Chinese academic who has just visited the neighbouring country.“Although the Taliban have absorbed some former government personnel and recruited some professionals, it is clearly not enough,” Wang Duanyong, an associate professor in international relations at Shanghai International Studies University, told state tabloid Global Times on Monday.“The current regime clearly has…