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RT Monitoring Desk
WASHINGTON: The US agrees to drop the name of the Taliban
leader, Mullah Omar from the terror list ahead of talks with
the insurgents, an official says.
“US intends to remove Mullah Omar from the black list
in a bid to provide a suitable seedbed for holding contacts
with the Taliban,” said, the US Deputy Assistant Secretary
of State in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs
Patrick S Moon. Moon added that during his upcoming visit
to Kabul, he will fully support the idea of negotiated settlement
with the Taliban militants to end the violence in the region.
He also reiterated that the talks with the Taliban insurgents
were possible within the Afghan Constitution, Press TV reported. |
