The US State Department made it clear that it was not about legitimizing the Taliban in Afghanistan. Rather, they want to remind them to comply with their duties.
A US delegation wants to meet high-ranking representatives of the radical Islamist Taliban from Afghanistan in the Qatari capital Doha this weekend.
The talks are not about recognizing or legitimizing the Taliban in Afghanistan, said a spokesman for the US State Department. Rather, it is a continuation of the “pragmatic” talks on issues of national interest to the United States. The most important priority is the continued safe exit of US citizens, other foreign nationals and Afghans.
It was also about “complying with the Taliban’s obligation not to allow terrorists to use Afghan soil to endanger the security of the United States or its allies,” it said. They want to urge the Taliban to respect the rights of all Afghans, including the rights of women and girls, and to form an inclusive government with broad support.
The Foreign Ministry did not announce who specifically would travel to Doha for the talks. Since the end of the military evacuation mission in Kabul with the withdrawal of the last US soldiers, western countries such as Germany and the USA have been trying to allow their nationals and their former Afghan local staff to leave the country. The last US troops left Afghanistan at the end of August. This ended the international military operation in the country after almost 20 years.
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