British PM names conditions for diplomatic recognition of Taliban - TASS

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson thinks the diplomatic recognition of the Taliban movement (outlawed in Russia) by the West is possible but the radical movement should fulfill a number of conditions.

"If the new regime in Kabul wants diplomatic recognition, or to unlock the billions that are currently frozen, they will have to ensure safe passage for those who wish to leave the country, to respect the rights of women and girls, to prevent Afghanistan from, again, becoming an incubator for global terror, because that would be disastrous for Afghanistan," the PA news agency quoted the prime minister as saying on Sunday.

"Together with our allies in America and Europe and around the world, we will engage with the Taliban not on the basis of what they say but what they do," the British prime minister said.