Intra-Afghan talks only after US agrees to withdraw troops: Taliban | World News, The Indian Express

Intra-Afghan talks only after US agrees to withdraw troops: Taliban | World News, The Indian Express

By Reuters |Kabul |Updated: July 28, 2019 3:06:03 pm

Intra-Afghan talks only after US agrees to withdraw troops: Taliban

State Minister for Peace Affairs Abdul Salam Rahimi said on Saturday it was hoped that direct talks with the Taliban would be held in the next two weeks in an unidentified European country.

Two sources privy to the talks said the United States and the Taliban were expected to sign a memorandum of understanding this week to firm up a plan for the withdrawal of foreign troops and for a Taliban pledge to stop militant plotting from Afghan soil. (AP)

The Taliban said on Sunday they will not hold direct talks with the Afghan government and rejected a statement from a senior minister about plans to hold such a meeting in the next two weeks, a senior Taliban official said.