Biden said the Taliban had not changed and was facing an existential crisis: “They want to be recognized by the international community.”

The American President, Joe Biden said today he does not believe the Taliban has changed, but stressed that they face an “existential crisis” as to whether they want to be recognized as a “legitimate government”. and integrate into the international community.

In an interview on the network’s Good Morning America program ABC, which published this Thursday in its entirety, Biden admitted that he did not see the Taliban as any different after 20 years of war and the US military presence in Afghanistan.

But that’s the question. I think they are going through some sort of existential crisis as to whether they want to be recognized by the international community as a legitimate government. “Biden said.

In the president’s view, the Taliban remain focused on their convictions, even though they “are also concerned about whether there is food to eat, income to earn money, run an economy, s ‘they can maintain a society they say they love so much. “

“I don’t take any of this for granted, but I think it’s part of what’s happening now.”, he noticed.

Biden insisted that the decision to leave Afghanistan after 20 years of military presence is the “correct” despite the chaotic evacuation scenes taking place these days at Kabul airport, with thousands of ‘Afghans trying to escape the new Taliban government.

Faced with criticism of the abandonment of women and girls to the fundamentalist regime, Biden stressed that the idea that you can “defend the rights of women in the world with military force is not rational.”

“The way to deal with this is not a military invasion. It is through diplomatic pressure from the international community “, he stressed.

Joe Biden has made it clear that his goal is to complete the evacuations by August 31.But if that is not possible, it will be determined “at that point” who remains to be evacuated and what the troops should do.

Speaking of the possibility of expanding the U.S. military presence, Biden only mentioned the need to evacuate U.S. citizens and did not speak of the Afghans who have worked with their country’s troops for the past 20 years.

According to the sovereign, always there are between 10,000 and 15,000 Americans in Afghanistan who need to be evacuated, in addition to the 50,000 to 65,000 Afghans and their families that the United States wants to drive out of the country.

The Taliban took control of Kabul last Sunday after its fighters entered the capital without encountering resistance, with almost all of the provinces under their control, and after the so far Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani, fled.

(With information from EFE)

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