The White House has stated that the Taliban must fulfill its promises in order to gain credibility.
They are not an officially recognized government in Afghanistan by us.
They’re after it. The key issue for them is legitimacy. Then they need to follow through on their promises, White House National Security Council Communications Director John Kirby told reporters on Tuesday.

How can you run a government or an economy efficiently if half of your population, the women, are barred from participating? In answer to a query, he added, “So, we’re going to keep holding them accountable for their commitments.”
When asked if this meant the US will never talk to the Taliban again, he said, “Of course not.” To this day, we continue to pursue our goal of evacuating our allies and partners from Afghanistan. Discussion is required for that. Conversing is necessary.
However, keeping our commitment to the people that aided us for 20 years is crucial to the United States. And does that imply there are no longer any mutually confronted terrorist dangers? Yes, most definitely. And within their own country, the Taliban has been fighting ISIS-K, Kirby said.
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