The UK must “adjust to the new reality” and engage in dialogue with the Taliban in Afghanistan, the foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, said after meeting the Qatari foreign minister in Doha. Raab, under intense criticism at home from opposition politicians and sections of the Ministry of Defence, said the UK would not be recognising the Taliban any time soon, but added the UK had to be pragmatic and realistic if it wished to relay messages to the new regime.