Afghan official: No plans to revive Taliban peace talks

Kabul has no plans to revive a peace process aimed at bringing the Taliban to the negotiating table after a four-nation effort earlier this year produced no results, the spokesman of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has said.

The four-nation group - comprising Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States - has met five times since January without the Taliban, which has refused to join any peace talks.

"There is no set time for another meeting of the group," spokesman Haroon Chakhansuri told The Associated Press news agency on Thursday.

Chakhansuri's remarks reflect the Kabul administration's disappointment over what it has described as half-hearted efforts by neighbouring Pakistan to jumpstart the peace process.

• Ghani has accused Pakistan of harbouring Taliban leaders, an allegation that Islamabad denies.

• Afghanistan continues to suffer from "terrorist groups that operate from and have a support base in Pakistan", Chakhansuri said.

However, Omar Zakhilwar, the Afghan ambassador to Pakistan, said that Afghanistan is still ready to seize any opportunity that would bring peace in the country....
 [aljazeera.com]
14/7/16
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