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Taliban Rejects Reports On Islamabad Talks

Taliban has rejected reports which say their representatives will hold talks with US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad in Pakistan. 
 
A Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid in a tweet called report as rumors ane said the group will not hold talks with US officials in Islamabad.

Pakistan’s Geo News reported on Friday that US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad, who visited Islamabad on Thursday, has told Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi that Taliban were reluctant in meeting the Afghan government and announcing a ceasefire. The report says that Khalilzad has asked Islamabad to play its role.
 
Geo News quoted diplomatic sources as saying that Pakistan decided to invite the Taliban to go to Islamabad and hold talks there. 
 
Qureshi has promised Khalilzad that Islamabad will cooperate with Kabul on the Afghan peace process.
 
On Jan. 16, Taliban warned to pull out of further peace talks with US officials and called “tactical pressure” by Washington as a reason behind their decision.

Taliban Rejects Reports On Islamabad Talks

Reports say that Pakistan has decided to host talks between US and Taliban officials. 

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Taliban has rejected reports which say their representatives will hold talks with US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad in Pakistan. 
 
A Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid in a tweet called report as rumors ane said the group will not hold talks with US officials in Islamabad.

Pakistan’s Geo News reported on Friday that US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad, who visited Islamabad on Thursday, has told Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi that Taliban were reluctant in meeting the Afghan government and announcing a ceasefire. The report says that Khalilzad has asked Islamabad to play its role.
 
Geo News quoted diplomatic sources as saying that Pakistan decided to invite the Taliban to go to Islamabad and hold talks there. 
 
Qureshi has promised Khalilzad that Islamabad will cooperate with Kabul on the Afghan peace process.
 
On Jan. 16, Taliban warned to pull out of further peace talks with US officials and called “tactical pressure” by Washington as a reason behind their decision.

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