Taliban says ‘way too early’ to speak of resuming talks with US after Trump’s statement
The Taliban said on Friday it was “way too early” to speak of resuming direct talks with Washington. The statement came a day after US President Donald Trump stated during a surprise visit to Afghanistan that the US was again meeting with the militants.
“It is way too early to talk about the resumption of talks for now. We will give our official reaction later,” the group’s official spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid, told AFP in a WhatsApp message.
However, Mujahid was quoted by Reuters on Friday as saying that the insurgent group was “ready to restart the talks” that collapsed after Trump had called them off in September. “Our stance is still the same. If peace talks start, it will be resumed from the stage where it had stopped,” Mujahid said, according to the report.
It added that Taliban leaders say the group has been holding meetings with senior US officials in Doha, Qatar since last weekend and formal peace talks could soon be resumed.
Taliban says ‘way too early’ to speak of resuming talks with US after Trump’s statement
Source: RT