The State Department said it will “judge the Taliban by its actions, not words.”
“We understand that the Taliban has presented this as a caretaker cabinet,” the State Department said. “However, we will judge the Taliban by its actions, not words. We have made clear our expectation that the Afghan people deserve an inclusive government.
”The Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan coincided with the U.S. military’s withdrawal after 20 years of fighting in the country. The group took over cities at a faster-than-expected clip as the U.S.-backed former Afghan government collapsed, and by mid-August, militants took control of Kabul for the first time in two decades. The Taliban promised to form an
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