U.S., Taliban in Talks to End Airport Chaos: Afghanistan Update

The U.S. is in talks with the Taliban as it seeks to restore order over Afghanistan’s main airport and help forge a political settlement after the militant group took Kabul and the country’s president fled.

The U.S. wants to make sure the Taliban understands that any attempt to target the U.S. as it evacuates will be met with a “swift and decisive response,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said told a briefing, adding that discussions are taking place both in Kabul and Doha, Qatar. “We have engaged with the Taliban, we have had discussions. I would say some of those discussions have been productive.”