Pakistan

Taliban admits for the first time that they directly talk to US official

It seems Pakistan has been bypassed or ignored and Afghan Taliban, for whose support Pakistan government is blamed, has directly talked to the US administration. A senior Taliban official has admitted for the first time about direct talks with the U.S. official in a preliminary discussion about future plans for peace negotiations.

This week’s meeting with Alice Wells, the U.S.’s top diplomat for South Asia, was an attempt to jump-start talks on ending Washington’s longest military engagement, a senior Taliban official told The Associated Press early Saturday.

U.S. officials neither confirmed nor denied a meeting took place.

The Taliban have long demanded direct talks with Washington.

“The discussion was preliminary, initial and both discussed a future meeting and contacts,” said the official on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

It wasn’t clear when the next meeting would be held or with whom, but he was certain one would be held.

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