伊斯兰堡——美国同意向处于经济灾难边缘的极度贫困的阿富汗提供人道主义援助，同时拒绝给予这个国家新的政治承认塔利班统治者，塔利班周日说。
这份声明是在这两个前敌人自8月底美军混乱撤军以来的首次直接会谈结束时发表的。
美国的声明没有那么明确，只是说双方“讨论了美国直接向阿富汗人民提供强有力的人道主义援助的问题”。"
塔利班表示，在卡塔尔多哈举行的会谈“进展顺利”，美国同意不将对阿富汗的人道主义援助与对塔利班的正式承认挂钩，随后释放了对阿富汗的人道主义援助。
美国明确表示，此次会谈绝不是承认塔利班的序言。8月15日，在美国结盟的政府垮台后，上台执政。
美国国务院发言人内德·普莱斯称这些讨论是“坦率和专业的”，美方重申将根据他们的行动而不是他们的言论来评判塔利班。
他在一份声明中说:“美国代表团关注的重点是安全和恐怖主义问题，以及美国公民、其他外国国民和我们的阿富汗伙伴的安全通行，以及人权问题，包括妇女和女孩有意义地参与阿富汗社会的各个方面。
塔利班政治发言人苏海尔·沙欣也对美联社说，该运动的临时外交部长在会谈中向美国保证，塔利班致力于确保阿富汗的土地不被极端分子用来对其他国家发动袭击。
然而，周六，塔利班排除了与美国合作遏制日益活跃的阿富汗伊斯兰国组织的可能性。
塔利班的敌人伊斯兰国声称对最近的一系列袭击负责，包括周五造成46名什叶派穆斯林死亡的自杀式爆炸。华盛顿认为伊斯兰国最大的恐怖威胁来自阿富汗。
当被问及塔利班是否会与美国合作遏制伊斯兰国的分支机构时，沙欣说:“我们能够独立对付代什。”。他用阿拉伯语缩写IS。
保卫民主基金会追踪激进组织的高级研究员比尔·罗吉欧同意，塔利班不需要美国的帮助来追捕和摧毁阿富汗的伊斯兰国分支机构，即位于呼罗珊省的伊斯兰国，或ISKP。
该基金会的《长期战争杂志》的作者罗焦说，塔利班“为驱逐美国战斗了20年，它最不需要的就是美国的回归。它也不需要美国的帮助”。“塔利班必须执行根除ISKP细胞及其有限基础设施的艰巨而耗时的任务。它拥有完成这项工作所需的所有知识和工具。”
罗吉欧说，伊斯兰国的分支机构没有塔利班在对抗美国时在巴基斯坦和伊朗拥有的避风港优势。然而，他警告说，塔利班对基地组织的长期支持使他们作为美国的反恐伙伴变得不可靠。
在基地组织发动9/11袭击之前，塔利班为其提供了避难所。这促使2001年美国入侵阿富汗，迫使塔利班下台。
“鉴于塔利班对基地组织的持久支持，美国认为塔利班可以成为一个可靠的反恐伙伴是疯狂的，”罗吉欧说。
会议期间，预计美国官员将向塔利班施压，要求其允许美国人和其他人离开阿富汗。在他们的声明中，塔利班没有详细说明他们将“促进外国公民的有原则的流动”
Taliban says US will provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD -- The U.S. has agreed to provide humanitarian aid to a desperately poor Afghanistan on the brink of an economic disaster, while refusing to give political recognition to the country's newTalibanrulers, the Taliban said Sunday.
The statement came at the end of the first direct talks between the former foes since the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. troops at the end of August.
The U.S. statement was less definitive, saying only that the two sides “discussed the United States’ provision of robust humanitarian assistance, directly to the Afghan people.”
The Taliban said the talks held in Doha, Qatar, “went well,” with Washington freeing up humanitarian aid to Afghanistan after agreeing not to link such assistance to formal recognition of the Taliban.
The United States made it clear that the talks were in no way a preamble to recognition of the Taliban, who swept into power Aug. 15 after the U.S.-allied government collapsed.
State Department spokesman Ned Price called the discussions “candid and professional,” with the U.S. side reiterating that the Taliban will be judged on their actions, not only their words.
“The U.S. delegation focused on security and terrorism concerns and safe passage for U.S. citizens, other foreign nationals and our Afghan partners, as well as on human rights, including the meaningful participation of women and girls in all aspects of Afghan society,” he said in a statement.
Taliban political spokesman Suhail Shaheen also told The Associated Press that the movement's interim foreign minister assured the U.S. during the talks that the Taliban are committed to seeing that Afghan soil is not used by extremists to launch attacks against other countries.
On Saturday, however, the Taliban ruled out cooperation with Washington on containing the increasingly active Islamic State group in Afghanistan.
IS, an enemy of the Taliban, has claimed responsibility for a number of recent attacks, including Friday's suicide bombing that killed 46 minority Shiite Muslims. Washington considers IS its greatest terrorist threat emanating from Afghanistan.
“We are able to tackle Daesh independently,” Shaheen said when asked whether the Taliban would work with the U.S. to contain the Islamic State affiliate. He used an Arabic acronym for IS.
Bill Roggio, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies who tracks militant groups, agreed the Taliban do not need Washington's help to hunt down and destroy Afghanistan's IS affiliate, known as the Islamic State in Khorasan Province, or ISKP.
The Taliban "fought 20 years to eject the U.S., and the last thing it needs is the return of the U.S. It also doesn’t need U.S. help,” said Roggio, who also produces the foundation's Long War Journal. “The Taliban has to conduct the difficult and time-consuming task of rooting out ISKP cells and its limited infrastructure. It has all the knowledge and tools it needs to do it.”
The IS affiliate doesn't have the advantage of safe havens in Pakistan and Iran that the Taliban had in its fight against the United States, Roggio said. However, he warned that the Taliban's longtime support for al-Qaida make them unreliable as counterterrorism partners with the United States.
The Taliban gave refuge to al-Qaida before it carried out the 9/11 attacks. That prompted the 2001 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan that drove the Taliban from power.
“It is insane for the U.S. to think the Taliban can be a reliable counterterrorism partner, given the Taliban’s enduring support for al-Qaida,” Roggio said.
During the meeting, U.S. officials were expected to press the Taliban to allow Americans and others to leave Afghanistan. In their statement, the Taliban said without elaborating that they would “facilitate principled movement of foreign nationals."
