Kabul is engulfed by summer heat. The bazaars are crowded with men and women shoving past kebab stalls and colourful traditional costumes displayed on mannequins whose heads are covered – as ordered by the Taliban. Cars push past street vendors and checkpoints, where armed Taliban guards peer into the passing vehicles. Kabul is a city that has always been buzzing with life, a resident says. “Even in these times, people carry on with their lives, somehow,” he says. It’s been three years since the Islamist Taliban regained power in Afghanistan, following their swift takeover of Kabul on August 1…