Taliban call for talks with nations

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KABUL: The Taliban have called for talks with all countries and have held a detailed meeting with Turkmenistan on reviving the TAPI gas pipeline project, which was once of the crucial interests to India in securing substantial gas supplies through the land route.

“The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan wants good relations with countries. If anyone has an issue with us, we are ready to resolve it through talks and understanding,” said Taliban’s Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in a statement on Friday. Seeking to address global anxieties on Afghanistan becoming a crucible for radical extremism, Baradar said, “We do not intend harming others.”

A day earlier, Foreign Minister Maulvi Amir Khan Muttaqi replied to concerns of a Pashtun-dominated government by assuring that the Taliban wanted to “open a new political chapter in good governance at home and in regional and global relations”.