The Taliban absolutely do not respect their commitments.
Our special envoy was supposed to obtain a commitment from the Taliban in the meetings held in Doha with Afghanistan's “minister of foreign affairs”. I am using quotation marks here because we do not recognize his legitimacy. The few bilateral meetings that were held pertained only to the consular services requested by Canadian citizens. That is the kind of commitment Mr. Sproule has managed to obtain.
We are also generally in contact with UN Special Rapporteur, Robert Bennett, our ambassador to the UN, Bob Rae and our Department of Foreign Affairs officials.