KABUL The Taliban say they categorically reject a statement made this week by the US commander of coalition forces in Afghanistan about off stage contacts and dialogue taking place between the Kabul government and the insurgents.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says in a statement distributed to the media on Friday that Gen John Nicholsons remarks, made to reporters at the Pentagon from his Kabul office, were a baseless claim.
Nicholson said that mid-level, senior-level Taliban leaders are engaging with Afghans, adding that unspecified international organisations, foreign governments and other interested parties also are involved.
Mujahid said that American General Nicholson is making such fabricated statements to divert attention from his failures and keep the Washington media busy with false claims instead of exposing the failed Trump (administrations) strategy in Afghanistan.
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