The UK government remains “quite sceptical” of Taliban promises of free passage for those wishing to flee Afghanistan, according to a Foreign Office minister. James Cleverly told the BBC that the UK is a “long way” from granting the Taliban diplomatic recognition. Echoing previous remarks by the prime minister, Cleverly said that they would judge the Taliban on “on their conduct not their words.” “They have said that they want to be treated like a legitimate government, ” he said. “And there’s a long way to go before we might consider that.” Cleverly said, “If [the Taliban] start acting like a government, if they start facilitating both internal travel and exiting from Afghanistan, then we will engage with them on that basis,” he said. “But of course what we are not able to do, what no country is ever really able to do, is give an absolute cast-iron guarantee.” The remaining …