The EU will only cooperate with the Taliban if they respect fundamental rights, including those of women, and prevent the use of Afghanistan's territory by terrorists, the bloc's foreign policy chief said on Tuesday.
Josep Borrell outlined the EU's stance in a statement after an emergency meeting of European Union foreign ministers to discuss"I haven't said that we are going to recognise the Taliban," Borrell told a news conference. "I just said that we have to talk with them for everything, even to try to protect women and girls. Even for that, you have to get in touch with them."
Borrell said the EU's priority was to evacuate EU staff and Afghan helpers from Kabul. He put the number of locals who have been working for the EU at almost 400, their families included. Humanitarian aid for Afghans must be maintained and even increased, but assistance will only go to the Afghan government if conditions are met, Borrell said.
"We have to get in touch with authorities in Kabul ... the Taliban have won the war, so we will have to talk to them."
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