now they are meeting us officials and amir khan muttaqi, who is the acting foreign minister of the taliban appointed government and who is leading the delegation here in doha. they will also be meeting european officials soon and the reason they want to get international recognition is because it is directly linked to the unblocking of foreign funds into afghanistan, which have been frozen since the group seized control of the country. but muttaqi, speaking in doha, also said that they did not want anyone to interfere in the internal affairs of any country. they are speaking against the backdrop of girls not being allowed to go to secondary schools in most parts of afghanistan and women not being allowed to go to work. it is unclear whether the us would bring up those issues in these talks. the variety of plant and animal life in the uk is so depleted it could cause an ecological meltdown. that s according to scientists at the natural history museum, who say the uk has only 53% of its