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19th April 2010, 04:00 AM
No talks with US, say Taliban
Monday, April 19, 2010
By Mushtaq Yusufzai
PESHAWAR: Afghan Taliban on Sunday rejected media reports that their leader Mulla Omar had shown willingness to hold direct talks with US and given pledge to stay away from mainstream politics if foreign forces left Afghanistan.
“There is no change in our stance. We will not hold any talks with the US and its allies. Our stance is that the US and all other foreign occupation forces should leave Afghanistan to enable the Afghans to decide future of their country,†explained Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Afghan Taliban.
He called The News from an undisclosed location and said the US and its allies were now trying to create differences among Taliban by spreading such false media reports after their other tactics failed. Mujahid said why Taliban would compromise on their stance when they had an upper hand in Afghanistan
Monday, April 19, 2010
By Mushtaq Yusufzai
PESHAWAR: Afghan Taliban on Sunday rejected media reports that their leader Mulla Omar had shown willingness to hold direct talks with US and given pledge to stay away from mainstream politics if foreign forces left Afghanistan.
“There is no change in our stance. We will not hold any talks with the US and its allies. Our stance is that the US and all other foreign occupation forces should leave Afghanistan to enable the Afghans to decide future of their country,†explained Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Afghan Taliban.
He called The News from an undisclosed location and said the US and its allies were now trying to create differences among Taliban by spreading such false media reports after their other tactics failed. Mujahid said why Taliban would compromise on their stance when they had an upper hand in Afghanistan