The Taliban rejected a statement made this week by the US commander of coalition forces in Afghanistan about ceasefire 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 Nicholson’s remarks, made to reporters at the Pentagon from his Kabul office, were a “baseless claim”.
Nicholson said Wednesday that “mid-level, senior-level Taliban leaders” are “engaging with Afghans”, adding that unspecified international organizations, foreign governments and other interested parties also are involved.
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Mujahid says 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 (administration’s) strategy” in Afghanistan.
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