STEPHANOPOULOS: “You say we’re going to work with the Taliban. Does that include the prospect of giving them aid?”
SULLIVAN: “Well, first of all, we do believe that there is an important mention of humanitarian assistance, that should go directly to the people of Afghanistan. They need help with respect to health and food aid and other forms of subsistence, and we do intend to continue that. Secondly, when it comes to our economic and development assistance relationship with the Taliban, that will be about the Taliban’s actions. It will be about whether they follow through on their commitments, their commitments to safe passage for Americans and Afghan allies, their commitment to not allow Afghanistan to be a base from which terrorists can attack the United States or any other country, their commitments with respect to upholding the entrance international obligations. It’s going to be up to them. And we will wait and see by their actions how we end up responding in terms of the economic and development assistance.”
STEPHANOPOULOS: “So long-term aid is possible.”