Taliban signal readiness for talks with HPC

KABUL (HPC), a media report said on Sunday.

“US Special Envoy to Afghanistan James Dobbins met President Karzai in late May and informed him about the Taliban’s willingness to talk to the HPC in the near future,” the Express Tribune reported.

 The English-language newspaper quoted an unnamed Afghan official as saying the American diplomat had also discussed the Taliban’s proposal with his Pakistani interlocutors in Islamabad.

But the Karzai administration reportedly disagreed with certain preconditions set by the Taliban, the daily said, adding that talks were ongoing to work out a solution.

Kabul wants the Taliban to publicly denounce Al-Qaeda and enter direct parleys with the HPC at their political office in Doha. “The Taliban, however, offered they would publicly condemn all act of terrorism but would not mention Al Qaeda…”

On the other hand, Taliban spokesman Qari Muhammad Yousaf rejected the report as part of propaganda to create doubts.“It is white lie aimed at misleading Afghans,” he told the newspaper.

PAN Monitor/mud

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