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The Pakistani military and intelligence services helped create the Taliban in the mid-1990s, and elements of their security services have maintained a shadowy relationship with the group ever since.

Though the Soviet Union had swallowed the Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, seemingly permanently, they maintained a shadowy existence on the periphery of world diplomacy, thanks to Western countries' refusal (for the most part: dishonourable exceptions included Australia, briefly, and Sweden) to recognise the Soviet annexation de jure.

Others have maintained a shadowy presence.

Yet Mr. Hoyle still maintains a shadowy presence onstage despite a desire to remove himself from the narrative.

Human rights groups say the Chinese authorities maintain a vast network of shadowy, extrajudicial agencies that crack down on dissidents and unauthorised religious groups.

The balance of personalities in the group suggests a post-bop yin and yang, with Mr. Abercrombie and Mr. Johnson maintaining an aura of shadowy proficiency, and their band mates coming across as more sanguine and impetuous.

While some Instagrammers busy themselves with selfies and food pics, Bouma's rabbithole of a feed maintains an air of shadowy secrecy and artful mystique.

While he remained a friend of Kim Philby, out of dogged personal loyalty, he also maintained his shadowy connections with the British Secret Intelligence Service until near the end of his life.

Another option is the Grelle Forelle, a mysterious club near the Donaukanal that maintains its shadowy reputation by forbidding photography inside.

Even Israel thinks a weakened Syria better than a failed state or an Islamist alternative.A weakened Syria would be hard-pressed to maintain its shadowy but crucial support for such causes as radical Palestinian groups, the Iranian-backed Hizbullah militia in Lebanon and the Sunni insurgency in Iraq.

Likewise, WikiLeaks and its leader, Julian Assange (who is currently still holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London), maintain only shadowy presences in the United States; it will be difficult for the plaintiffs in the case to serve these defendants and force them to appear in the Manhattan federal court where the case was brought.