Afghan official: No plans to revive peace talks with Taliban
KABUL — Afghanistan 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, Afghan officials said Thursday.
The remarks reflect the Kabul administration’s disappointment over what it has described as half-hearted efforts by neighbouring Pakistan to jumpstart the peace process and could also signal a widening divide between the two neighbours.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has repeatedly accused Islamabad of harbouring Taliban leaders — an accusation that Islamabad denies.
Haroon Chakhansuri, Ghani’s spokesman, told The Associated Press on Thursday that the four-nation group — Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States — has no plans to meet again anytime soon.