The interim foreign minister of the Taliban government assured the US in the Doha talks that the Koranic students are committed to preventing the Afghan territory from being used by extremists to launch attacks against other countries: the political spokesman of the Taliban Suhail said. Shaheen, as reported by some US media.
However, the Taliban ruled out any cooperation with Washington against ISIS in Afghanistan on Saturday.
The US agreed to provide humanitarian aid to the Afghans but refused to give political recognition to the new Taliban government.
This was announced by the representatives of the Taliban themselves after the first meeting in person in Doha with American leaders.
The talks "went well", they said, with Washington unblocking aid after agreeing not to tie it to formal recognition of the executive formed by Koranic students.
