Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Taliban US talks enter 2nd day n UAE. Pakistan plays distant host.

Pakistan brokered peace talks between US and Afghan Taliban will continue for 2nd day.
Pakistan reportedly have paved the way for direct talks of US and Afghan Taliban after US president Donald Trump letter to PM Imran khan sought support of Islamabad in peace talks with Taliban.
  Afghan Taliban Monday said their negotiators reiterated demand for end to ‘foreign invasion ,and also reconstruction of Afghanistan ’ in talks with the US officials in the United Arab Emirates.
Sources close to the process said Taliban want a time frame of US troops withdrawal from Afghanistan not immediate withdrawal which shows flexibility  in Taliban stance previously afghan Taliban put withdrawal as a pre condition to the talks, source further said Taliban believes that reconstruction of war torn Afghanistan is huge task and it cannot be done with out US and world assistance and help  taliban also positioning itself as a good partner in reconstruction of Afghanistan as they believe their track record (when in power) is free of corruption.
It’s also shows significant departure and flexibility in stance which Taliban previously held.
Afghanistan national security adviser and govt officials are also in Abu Dhabi UAE but taliban refused to meet them,
Source says it was an embarrassment the afghan govt negotiations team waited in hotel lobby but taliban didn’t meet them.
After taliban refusal to talk directly to afghan team the national security adviser Hamdullah mohib posted a statement on Twitter used term proximity talks, a kind of talks by which he means near to the talking table if not on table.

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