Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said Britain would not recognise the Taliban but underlined the need to engage directly with the group, adding they would judge them by their "actions, not their words".

Mr Raab was speaking in Doha alongside Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani.

Mr Raab said he supported “engagement” with the Taliban to test the group’s wide-ranging promises.

He cited the Taliban’s pledges to protect freedom of travel for Afghans and foreigners, to form an inclusive government and, significantly, to prevent international terrorist groups from using the war-scarred country as a base.

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