Taliban Rejects Secret Talks With Karzai

(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) The Taliban militants group in Afghanistan rejected reports which suggest that president Hamid Karzai is engaged in secret peace talks with the Taliban group. Afghan News Agency (Khaama Press) quoted Taliban group



Spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid as saying in a statement "The New York Times' newspaper published a false report recently suggesting that talks took place and are ongoing between the Islamic Emirate and the Kabul regime in an undisclosed location." Mujahid further added, "We reject this report by The New York Times even though we made our stance very clear to media outlets in direct contacts two days earlier." He also added, "The Islamic Emirate does not believe in holding secret talks at undisclosed locations." This comes as the New York Times reported earlier this week that Taliban group in Afghanistan initiated talks with president Karzai, shortly after the Afghan consultative Loya Jirga approved the draft bilateral security agreement between Kabul and Washingto