Our minimal representation in Kabul does not mean recognition of the Taliban government, clarified Stano, who also said that this position was informed to the current authorities in Kabul.

After the return of the Taliban to power in the Asian nation, the EU evacuated its staff, including local employees and their families.

Later on, it announced its intention to resume in a partial manner the work of its representative office in the Afghan capital to resolve practical issues and without recognizing the de facto government.

For the normalization of the relations between Brussels and Kabul, the regional mechanism defined its line of action in September.

These guidelines include guarantees of save departure for all foreigners and nationals who want to leave the country, as well as respect for human rights, particularly those of women, girls and persons belonging to minorities.

Also guarantees to carry out humanitarian operations, to ensure that the country does not serve as a base for harboring, financing or exporting terrorism; and the formation of a government that includes all the ethnic and religious minories.

The Asian nation has been in social chaos since the fall of President Ashraf Ghani on August 15 following the withdrawal of U.S. troops.

On that day the Taliban movement took power after two decades of armed conflict with a government that was supported by Washington and NATO members.

At the beginning of September, an interim government was created in which half of its members appear on the UN Security Council’s sanctioned list , according to analists.

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