Biden: The United States does not recognize the Taliban officially.
A US Bloomberg News correspondent tweeted: “US President Joe Biden has no intention of recognizing the Taliban and has stressed that there is a long way to go before they are recognized.”
As Taliban militants quickly seize power in Kabul, world leaders are still skeptical about the future of the war-torn country, according to a news release Tuesday. Many world leaders have said so far that they have no intention of recognizing the Afghan government as the leader of a religious fundamentalist group.
US President Joe Biden confirmed to reporters on Monday that there was a long way to go before the Taliban was recognized as Afghanistan’s new government, stressing the uncertainties about the future of the war-torn country.
“Immediately after returning to the White House, Biden told me that he did not intend to recognize the Taliban government,” Bloomberg News correspondent Sophia Kai tweeted yesterday. He says there is a long way to go before the Taliban is recognized.
Biden’s brief remarks follow remarks made by White House spokesman Jen Saki a week ago, who told reporters that the Biden-led White House was “in no hurry” to recognize the Taliban.
“It depends a lot on the behavior of the Taliban and whether they meet the expectations of the international community,” Saki explained.
Similar statements have been made by the US State Department.
But US officials’ remarks came as Taliban spokesman Ahmadullah Mottaki said the group had completed the outline of its new government, adding that an official announcement would be made soon.
To date, many world leaders have refused to recognize the Taliban as the official government in Afghanistan. In fact, world leaders have stated that they will monitor the behavior of the Taliban before making such a commitment.
Prior to the Taliban’s rapid takeover in late August this year and the US-led invasion in 2001, only three countries recognized the militant group as Afghanistan’s governing body. These countries included Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Taliban leaders have said their government will be different from the previous one because they intend to reduce restrictions on the freedom of Afghan women, especially in forced marriage and education. Taliban leaders, meanwhile, have recently asked higher education institutions to make proposals for the separation of male and female students.
The Taliban’s efforts to advance in Afghanistan accelerated after Biden announced that the US withdrawal process would continue, and the group now controls much of Afghanistan. Recently, the group claimed to have gained control of the Panjshir Valley, which was controlled by resistance forces.
