*KABUL – Afghan government representatives have held unofficial talks withfive Taliban members in Turkey on Sunday.*
Humayun Jarir and Abbas Basir are representing Afghan government in themeeting.
Humayun Jarir, a representative of Afghan government in the talks, toldTOLOnews that the talks are unofficial and that they will discussmechanisms to pave the ground for official talks between the two sides.
He said the Taliban members are representing Haqqani network and otherfactions of the Taliban.
Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman, has rejected the meeting, claimingthat the participants are not representing the group.
The first and second rounds of government-Taliban negotiations were held inTurkey last year.
This comes after the High Peace Council Chairman Mohammad Karim Khalili ata ceremony in Kabul last year in December said the council is ready tostart peace talks with the Taliban without any pre-condition.
He said the Taliban can open their office, for the peace talks, in any partof the world and even in Kabul.
Khalili said the Indonesian vice president and a group of that country’sreligious scholars will visit Kabul in the near future and are expected tocondemn the ongoing war as illegitimate.
He said the HPC is optimistic that Indonesia will share its experience forpeace with Afghanistan as the country itself has faced major ups and downsin search for peace.