The Taliban is finding it difficult to establish in Kabul the
nonrepressive order that it says it stands for.
We Americans are aware that right-wing enemies of our government are
often responsible for provoking violence to blame on the government
and/or the left. Nonetheless, the state has the responsibility to
maintain order while respecting freedom, even if that is difficult.
It is the same for the Taliban.
The Taliban have said they will do so.
Since they took power in Kabul only one week ago, we need to give
them time. If they reject fanatic violence, they need to make this
rejection effective and visible.
This includes the responsibility to demonstrate that the people
searching for journalists to kill are lawbreakers, and to protect the
journalists from them.
Perhaps the US should give the Taliban lots of police uniforms and
badges, so that people can distinguish between them and unaffiliated
terrorists.