Joe Biden says chaos couldn't have been avoided in Afghanistan

Biden's comments point to a looming question of whether the U.S. will recognize the Taliban as Afghanistan's government after they swiftly took control of the country, including the capital city

President Joe Biden said the Taliban are in the midst of an “existential crisis” about their role on the international stage but that he didn’t believe the group had fundamentally changed its course.
 

“Let me put it this way: I think they’re going through sort of an existential crisis about do they want to be recognized by the international community as being a legitimate government,” Biden told George Stephanopoulos of ABC News in an interview that aired Thursday morning. “I’m not sure they do.”

Biden’s comments point to a looming question of whether the U.S. will recognize the Taliban as Afghanistan’s