Clarification Regarding 'Government'

[PhiBabs935]

I would like some clarification regarding the source of 'legitimate authority' in the definition of CCO Government. What constitutes an Organization having legitimate authority over some Delimiting Domain?

Take the case of the current Taliban regime (post 2021) in Afghanistan. It is often referred to as the Taliban Gov't.

But the Taliban is not recognized by the international community as having sovereignty. Does the fact that the international community doesn't recognize its sovereignty entail that the Taliban does not have legitimate authority (in which case it would not be a government)?

Notice this would seemingly have ramifications for 'Domain of a Country' > "A Government Domain that is associated with certain distinct political, ethnic, or cultural characteristics, and which delimits a Government that has legitimate authority over a Populace."
-If the second clause implies that the existence of an instance of a Domain of a Country always entails the existence of a corresponding instance of a Government that has legitimate authority over its Populace, then if the current Taliban regime is not a Government, then Afghanistan would appear to not (currently) be an instance of Domain of a Country.

(And if the Taliban is not a Government in CCO's sense, then that raises the question of how its governance activities should be modelled > #678. If not a Government, then what is the Taliban qua its rule over Afghanistan? Of course, it is designated as terrorist group, but that doesn't make the question go away.)

[APCox]

Converting this to a discussion because the meanings of 'sovereignty' and 'legitimate authority' are complex and have been discussed by CCO developers for years. Hence, no tangible progress is expected to be made at this time to warrant an issue.

[APCox]

@DavidGLimbaugh has done a lot of research on this topic.