KABUL – Key demands have surfaced from the Afghan Taliban over theAfghanistan peace talks.
1.“Taliban wants US troops withdrawal
2.Progress on the release of prisoners,
3.recognition of their political office,
4.removing names of senior leaders from the UN sanctions list,
5.Halt to air strikes and nights raids.
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These will be important confidence-building measures ahead of the formaltalks. The Taliban will show a positive response if the other side takessome confidence-building measures,” he said as quoted by Arab News.
According to the report, former Taliban minister Mutasim said the UAE talkswere mainly focused on building trust and that key issues like a ceasefireand elections will be discussed at a later stage.
The former Taliban official said that both the US and other partiesinvolved wanted the Afghan government to join the process later.
“Some of the Taliban’s demands are related to the US such as the issue offoreign troops, airstrikes, sanctions on the Taliban, and even thereopening of the office. So they await the US’ response first,” Talibanleader Mutasim said as quoted by Arab News.
