Many Western “experts” will continue to insist that the Taliban has nothing, nothing whatsoever, to do with Islam, the noble religion of peace. Facts don’t matter. Being in the right group and repeating its approved slogans is what matters.

“Taliban bans official Afghan tricolour flag,” ANI, March 21, 2022:

The Taliban regime in Afghanistan on Sunday issued a decree banning the official tricolour flag of the internationally-recognised Afghan government (black, red, green) and replaces it with the white coloured flag of the Islamic emirate.

Under the decree, all government agencies in the country and abroad must now use the white-coloured Taliban flag with a black-ink Islamic scripture reading “There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is His prophet,” Sputnik News Agency reported.

The decree prohibits the Taliban officials to appear in public with the tricolour Afghan flag.

The development comes weeks after the Taliban ordered the residents of Khost province in Afghanistan to remove the Afghan national flag from the rooftops of their houses and their vehicles.

The Afghan people had been requesting the Taliban not to change the flag as it belongs to no leader and faction, but to the nation, Khaama press had reported….

Taliban’s acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Amir Khan Muttaqi on Friday said that the Islamic Emirate is inclusive and has fulfilled all the requirements and it should be recognized by the international community, reported Tolo News….

The new authorities have not yet been internationally recognized even though the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the country’s name used by the Taliban) was declared restored in December….