In his address to the US Institute for Peace in Washington, Imran indicated that he would meet the Afghan
Taliban for this purpose.
The talks with the
Taliban are the central pillar of this strategy.
At the end of intra-Afghan talks Khalilzad met the
Taliban again before he departed for the US.
The direction in which things are going shows that the US wants to find a face-saving exit from Afghanistan, whereas the
Taliban are in no hurry.
Earlier the
Taliban announced their spring military offensive against the "foreign occupation and their accomplices" on April 12.
A: As a matter of fact, it is impossible that any peace talks lead to the positive result, while the
Taliban rejects holding face to face talks with representatives from Kabul.
Besides US and UN sanctions
Taliban leaders were allowed to negotiate with America in Doha and Moscow but not in Islamabad.
Besides these one session of table talks between Afghan
Taliban and Afghan Opposition parties has also been held at Moscow.
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Taliban, US, Pakistan hail progress in peace talks
According to sources, the
Taliban gave the assurance to the US officials that Afghanistan would never be used against any other country in future, it said.
Sources and the
Taliban last week confirmed the release of Baradar who they said was now back with his family in Karachi after spending eight years in prison.
The Afghan
Taliban spokesperson also claimed that no compromise was made in return of the Mullah Baradar's release.