The United States is not in a rush to recognize the new interim government in Afghanistan, the White House said on Wednesday, asserting that it is in talks with the Taliban to get American citizens out of the strife-torn country.

“No one in this administration, not the President nor anyone on the national security team, would suggest that the Taliban are respected and valued members of the global community. They have not earned that in any way, and we have never assessed that. This is a caretaker cabinet that does include four former imprisoned Taliban fighters,” – White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters at her daily news conference.

Taliban’s hardline interim government includes specially designated global terrorist Sirajuddin Haqqani as the acting interior minister.

And now, a little over a week since the last evacuation flight from Kabul took off, uncertainty over what the future will hold for the Afghan people, women and children in particular, is rising.

We are taking up on the Afghanistan story once more.

Jason Stapleton is a personal branding expert, entrepreneur, film producer and host of “Wealth, Power, & Influence”.

In this region, we all know him from “The Tesla Files”. Jason spent a number of years in Afghanistan as a private military contractor, during the critical time for this Middle Eastern country.

“It wouldn't have made any difference if we stayed in Afghanistan for ten more years, this is shameful! Did you notice that Taliban didn't fire at us, didn't attack us? They left us alone. What do you think the Afghan generals did? They cut a deal with the Taliban the same way we cut a deal so we can leave Afghanistan without having to fight our way out,” said Stapleton in an interview with N1's Ika Ferrer Gotic.

A particularly sharp rise in casualties occurred in May when international military forces began withdrawing from the country and fighting intensified following the Taliban offensive to take territory from Government forces. The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan reported in its Afghanistan Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict midyear update, that there were 1,659 civilians killed and 3,254 wounded; a 47 per cent increase compared with the same period last year.

Watch the entire interview here.