Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the Taliban’s claim that 41 Australian soldiers died in vain in Afghanistan were sickening and untrue. The prime minister rebuked the comments from Taliban spokesperson Suhail Shaheen, who made the incendiary remark earlier in the week. “It is sickening and untrue, but I’m not surprised about a dishonourable statement from the Taliban,” Morrison told reporters in Canberra on Friday. “They should know that the world is watching them and they expect them to live up to the statements they have made.” He said Taliban commitments to allow people safe passage out of Afghanistan needed to be honoured. “Trust matters,” the prime minister said. “We will be seeking to ensure in everything we can do to ensure they seek to establish that trust because, at this stage, the account is in deficit with any trust you could put in the Taliban.” The issue of the attacks …