The U.S government believes the Taliban wants international recognition, but the message from Washington and other democratic governments is: we don’t trust you — so show us you’re worth it.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, speaks to the media. | Spencer Platt/Getty Images
his counterparts from the G-7 and the European Union “agreed that the international community’s relationship with the Taliban will depend on their actions, not their words.” U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the British Parliament this week that allies and Pakistan agree Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, said in an interview with POLITICO that the U.S. would “certainly not” recognize a Taliban-led government that does not live up to international commitments and human rights standards. She promised that “we will be watching their actions very, very closely before any decisions will be made on recognition of a government that they are a part of.
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