00:00Yesterday, the Taliban named a new interim government.
00:05We're assessing the announcement, but despite professing that a new government would be inclusive,
00:10the announced list of names consists exclusively of individuals who are members of the Taliban or their close associates, and
00:17no women.
00:19We're also concerned by the affiliations and track records of some of those individuals.
00:23We understand the Taliban has presented this as a caretaker cabinet.
00:28We will judge it and them by its actions.
00:32Those flights need to be able to depart, and we will work every day to make sure that they're able
00:39to do that.
00:41We will continue to press the Taliban, to allow the charters to leave,
00:45and also, critically, to open HKIA, the Hamid Karzai International Airport, to the regular flow of civilian aircraft,
00:53which can enable the safe and orderly departure of people from Afghanistan.
00:57We're going to stand.
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