KABUL – Taliban has invited a US senator for “mutual talks” in the Qataricapital Doha, where the so-called Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has anoffice.

The terror group’s social media accounts extended the invitation toKentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul over his latest comments about theUnited States’ long war in Afghanistan, The Washington Timesreported Sunday.US soldiers gather at Kandahar Air base in Afghanistan on January 23,2018. (Photo by AFP)

“We invite the respectable US Senator Rand Paul, in his official capacityto visit our political office in Doha for mutual talks,” read a Twitterpost by the self-declared Information Committee of the Islamic Emirate ofAfghanistan.

It further suggested that the US should withdraw its forces from thewar-ravaged country for peace to emerge.

“We’ll prove to Mr. Rand Paul, the immediate US withdrawal from[Afghanistan] will bring peace to our country & will enhance internationalsecurity,” the group added in the social media post.

‘No US victory in Afghanistan’Senator Rand Paul (C) takes a brief break from the floor of the US Senateto pose for a photo at the U.S Capitol February 8, 2018 in Washington, DC.(Photo by AFP)

The Kentucky lawmaker had criticized investment in the war on Afghanistanduring an interview with Fox News on Thursday.

“The war in Afghanistan is costing us $50 billion a year… It’s time to comehome. There is no military victory there,” Paul said.

On August 21, Trump announced he would prolong the military intervention inAfghanistan.

The United States — under Republican George W. Bush’s presidency — andits allies invaded Afghanistan on October 7, 2001 as part of Washington’sso-called war on terror.