Italy rules out recognising a Taliban government in Afghanistan

Italy’s FM urges foreign governments to prevent financial collapse that would result in a massive flow of migrants.

Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Luigi Di Maio has said the Taliban government in Afghanistan could not be recognised but said Afghans should start receiving the financial support that was frozen after the armed group took power last month.

He urged foreign governments to prevent a financial collapse there that would result in a massive flow of migrants.

“Recognition of the Taliban government is impossible since there are 17 terrorists among the ministers, and the human rights of women and girls are continuously violated,” Di Maio told state-owned television Rai 3 on Sunday.