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US: No direct talks with Taliban unless it engages with Afghan
Updated On: 10 March, 2018 02:08 PM IST | Washington | PTI
The US today ruled out a recent request from the Taliban for a direct talk with the White House, unless it engages with the elected government of Afghanistan
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The US today ruled out a recent request from the Taliban for a direct talk with the White House, unless it engages with the elected government of Afghanistan. This comes a day after the Trump administration surprised the world by agreeing to a North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's invitation for a meeting with President Donald Trump. "Obviously there is no comparison between North and South Korea and the Afghanistan situation. I would note that North and South Korea have spoken to each other in advance of the president's offer to also engage in the conversation," senior US diplomat for South and Central Asia, Alice Wells, told a Washington audience at the US Institute of Peace, a US-Congress supported top American think-tank.
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