In July, US media reported American officials held first-ever direct talks with representatives of Taliban in Qatar.
"The US administration is prepared to engage and participate in negotiations with both Taliban and the Afghan government. It is imperative that the Taliban and the Afghan government work together towards a peace solution. No political settlement can be negotiated over the heads of the Afghan people, and no political settlement can be negotiated only between certain elements," Wells added.In August, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the time for peace in Afghanistan has come and Washington was ready to facilitate dialogue between the parties to the conflict.
Afghanistan has long been in a state of turmoil, with the government fighting the Daesh terror group, outlawed in Russia, and the Taliban insurgency. In August, the Taliban rejected Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's offer for a three-month ceasefire.
Comment: Attempts at peace talks with the Russians, with the Americans, with Kabul, with the Taliban...have so far been futile. Without an actual pullout of foreign troops, the call to sit down at the table may again be rejected - no matter what Pompeo says. And, now there is ISIS.
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