KABUL: The Taliban on Saturday refused to resume long-stalled peace talks with Afghan government, reiterating their preconditions for holding dialogue, a statement said.
“We want to repeat our stance once again that until the occupation of foreign troops ends, until Taliban names are removed from international blacklists and until our detainees are released, talks will yield no results,” it said.
The statement comes as direct face-to-face talks between the militant group and the Kabul government were expected to this week.
“We unequivocally state that the esteemed leader of Islamic Emirate (Taliban) has not authorised anyone to participate in this meeting and neither has the Leadership Council of Islamic Emirate decided to partake in it,” the statement added.
