Biden Says Taliban in ‘Existential Crisis’ Over Role in World
- Taliban hasn’t fundamentally changed course, Biden said
- President spoke in interview with ABC News that aired Thursday
Taliban fighters patrol in Kabul, on Aug. 19.
Photographer: Rahmat Gul/AP Photo
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President Joe Biden said the Taliban are in the midst of an “existential crisis” about their role on the international stage but that he didn’t believe the group had fundamentally changed its course.
“Let me put it this way: I think they’re going through sort of an existential crisis about do they want to be recognized by the international community as being a legitimate government,” Biden told George Stephanopoulos of ABC News in an interview that aired Thursday morning. “I’m not sure they do.”