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Kabul: The US Department of State’s spokesman Matthew Miller said that “Taliban have to earn legitimacy to get international recognition.”
Miller made the remarks at a press conference in Washington D.C.
“So I will say with respect to tensions between Iran and Afghanistan, I don’t have any specific comment other than that, obviously, we would be concerned about any increased tensions in the region. With respect to the Taliban, I will just reiterate what we have said for some time and that we encourage the Taliban to stop its crackdown on human rights, to stop its repression of women,” he said. “We understand that the Taliban continues to seek international recognition, but to get international recognition they have to earn legitimacy. And that is very difficult to achieve as long as they continue to suppress their own people, and especially as they continue these horrific attacks on women inside the country.”
But the Taliban downplayed the US’s concerns about the human rights situation in Afghanistan, saying that human rights are preserved even better than before.
