HEART: The Taliban group invited the former Governor Heart, Ismail Khan fornegotiations after he demanded from Taliban to start the reconciliationprocess and contact the Mujahideen if they didn’t want to talk with theAfghanistan government.

Afghan media outlet reported that Taliban spokesman Mujahid said in astatement that the former governor of Herat has demanded from the Talibanto contact the Mujahideen leaders in a bid to find a peaceful resolution toend the violence.

Mujahid claimed that the Taliban group welcomes all those efforts which areaimed to end the violence but insists that such efforts must also aim atthe complete withdrawal of the foreign forces.

The Taliban spokesman suggested in his statement that Ismail Khan shouldstart negotiations with the political office of the Taliban group to find away to end the presence of the foreign forces as well as the ongoingviolence and conflict in the country.

This comes as the leader of Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin Hekmatyar says therecommendations of Hezb-e-Islami regarding the reconciliation process havebeen shared with the Afghan government, Taliban group, and the foreigners,including Washington.