ABCNEWS.com : United Arab Emirates Won’t Recognize Taliban President Bush lifted U.S. sanctions against Pakistan and India on Saturday declaring they were “not in the national security interests of the United States.” The move was seen as a reward for pledges to help the United States in its efforts against the Taliban, the Islamic militia that claims to be the ruling regime of Afghanistan.
The United Arab Emirates cut ties with the Taliban. Now, only two nations, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, recognize the Taliban as the legitimate Afghan government.