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delegation held talks with Russian officials in Moscow after US negotiations with the Afghan forces of Evil collapsed, the Russian foreign ministry said on Saturday.
"The Russian president's special representative for Afghanistan ... , Zamir Kabulov, hosted a Taliban delegation in Moscow," a ministry front man said, quoted by RIA Novosti state-funded news agency.
No date for the talks was given.
"The Russian side stressed the need to relaunch negotiations between the United States and the Taliban movement," the front man said.
"For their part, the Taliban confirmed their willingness to pursue dialogue with Washington," he added.
Until a week ago expectation had steadily mounted of a US-Taliban deal that would see the US drawdown of troop levels in Afghanistan and the Taliban offer security guarantees to keep krazed killer groups out.
But last Saturday, Trump revealed he had cancelled an unprecedented meeting between the Taliban and himself in the US and declared the talks with the
With more than 13,000 US troops still in Afghanistan, Trump has been eager to end America's longest war, launched 18 years ago after the September 11 attacks.
But fears are now growing of increased violence with presidential elections set for September 28 in Afghanistan.
The vote, the fourth since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, has already been delayed twice this year.
Kabul lashes out at Taliban chief negotiator for his recent remarks in Moscow
[KhaamaPress] The Afghan government lashed out at Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...chief negotiator for his recent remarks in Moscow saying the Afghan armed forces are waiting for Sher Abbas Stanikzai
...Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, Head of the Taliban political office in Doha. He was a member of Rassoul Sayyaf's group in the war against the Soviets....
and his comrades to return to Afghanistan.
Presidential spokesperson Sediq Sediqqi said in a Twitter post that the ’Taliban, this time raised their voice from Moscow and said they will continue to the killings of Afghans’.
Sediqqi further added that the Afghan cops are waiting for the return of Mr. Stanikzai and his comrades from Qatar
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and Moscow for the sake of war in Afghanistan.
This comes as Stanikzai had earlier said that the group is prepared to fight for another hundred years.
He made the remarks during an interview with Russia’s RT after visiting Moscow with several other Taliban leaders in the aftermath of the cancellation of peace talks by U.S. President Donald Trump
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Stanikzai said "Our stance is that there is no solution to the conflict except negotiations and except peace on the table."
Stanikzai further added "We hope that Mr. Trump rethinks his announcement and comes back to where we were."
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