Taliban still struggling for international recognition

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : It has been meeting with officials from the United Nations, who assured the Taliban last month that the body will continue its assistance programmes in the country.
54% : Those efforts were ramped up over the last two years, when they embarked on official trips to Uzbekistan, Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan, China and Pakistan.
42% : Mosazai says Iran, Russia and China first started to establish relations with the Taliban by the end of Obama's first term in office.
38% : Moscow and Ankara, who, like Tehran, had hosted the Taliban for several peace talks, also said they would not acknowledge a Taliban-led government until they lived up to their promise to form an "inclusive" administration.
32% : Iran, which had long been accused of aiding and abetting the group, took a cryptic tone when speaking of the Taliban takeover of its eastern neighbour.

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