Taliban Legitimacy Up to Every Country to Decide, White House Says Amid Concerns of Growing CCP-Afghan Ties

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks during a press briefing at the White House on March 29, 2023. Patrick Semansky/AP Photo

The White House on April 6 suggested that countries are free to decide how they want to deal with the isolated Taliban regime in Afghanistan.

Asked by The Epoch Times how the United States would approach the growing China–Taliban relationship, National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby suggested that that matter wasn’t up to the administration.