The Taliban will have to decide whether it wants to be recognized by the international community, US President Joe Biden said in an ABC interview aired on Thursday, adding that he does not think the group has changed its fundamental beliefs.
Asked if he thinks the Taliban has changed, Biden told ABC News, “No.”
“I think they are going through a kind of existential crisis: do they want to be recognized by the international community as a legitimate government? I am not sure they do,” he said, adding that the group is more committed to its beliefs.
But, he said, the Taliban also had to grapple with whether it could provide for the Afghans.
“They also care about whether they have food to eat, whether they have income that … in the interview, taped Wednesday,” Biden said. “I don’t trust any of that. I’m doing it.”
She also said it would take economic and diplomatic pressure – not military force – to ensure women’s rights.
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