Intra-Afghan talks will start only after the announcement of foreign force withdrawal - Taliban
Members of Afghan delegations walk during the second day of Intra-Afghan conference for peace in Doha, Qatar on July 8, 2019
But Suhail Shaheen, a spokesman for the Taliban's political office in Qatar, denied that, saying talks with the Afghan government would only come after a deal had been struck with the United States on the departure of its forces.The US special envoy for peace in Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, said after Rahimi had made his announcement that talks between the Taliban and Afghans would happen after the United States 'concludes its own agreement' with the Taliban.
But the Taliban have refused to talk to the government of President Ashraf Ghani, denouncing it as a US puppet, and fighting has seen no let-up.
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