BBCNEWS BBC News August 29, 2021 10:19:00
These countries coming together with the support of western countries? well, the taliban obviously more than anything else needs recognition, so that they can access assistance. afghanistan is incredibly poor and dependent on foreign aid and at the moment that is blocked, so there is a big incentive for them to try and get recognition. that's probably the only range that the west has on trying to influence them. inaudible. thank you so much for joining us, christina lamb. i hope you could hear most of what christina was saying there.