The defence committee chair said he was 'sorry for my poor communication' after he was accused of promoting the group while on a visit to Afghanistan
Posting the video - which was retweeted by the Taliban's official spokesman - Mr Ellwood said this"war-weary nation" was now"accepting a more authoritarian leadership in exchange for stability".
The senior Conservative, whose brother was killed by Islamist extremists, urged the UK to reopen its embassy in Afghanistan - saying:"If the EU's embassy can open up, so can ours."He faced an immediate backlash over his comments - with former cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg saying it was"foolish and ill-advised" and"could have been issued by the Afghan tourist board".
Fellow defence committee member Mark Francois said the video as"utterly bizarre" - and said one of his colleagues had described it as a"wish you were here" video. "He made no mention of the fact that the Taliban are still attempting to identify and kill Afghan citizens who helped our Armed Forces, and also makes no specific mention of the fact that young girls in Afghanistan don't even have the right to go to school under that government," Mr Francois said.
"I wish to make plain, on behalf of the committee, he was speaking for himself, even though he used the title of chairman of our committee in a number of associated articles. Not in our name.", which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enablecookies or to allow those cookies just once.
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