Taliban closer to international recognition, says foreign minister

by Jay Deshmukh with Rouba El Husseini Agence France-Presse KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) – The Taliban are inching closer towards international recognition but any concessions Afghanistan’s new rulers make will be on their terms, the regime’s foreign minister said in an interview with AFP. In his first interview since returning from talks with Western powers in Oslo, Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi also urged Washington to unlock Afghanistan’s assets to help ease a humanitarian crisis. No […]