Blinken warns Taliban military takeover would turn Afghanistan into 'pariah state' | Washington Examiner

TALIBAN ATROCITIES 'DEEPLY DISTURBING': Calling reports of atrocities committed by the Taliban "deeply disturbing and totally unacceptable," Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned the group that if it continues its offensive and ignores peace talks, it risks total international isolation. "The Taliban has repeatedly said that they seek in the future a number of things — international recognition, international support; they want their leaders to be able to travel freely around the world; they would like sanctions lifted on them. And none of those things are going to be possible if the Taliban seeks to take the country by force…