Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanakzai, head of the Taliban's political office, left, attends peace talks on Afghanistan at the President Hotel in Moscow on November 9, 2018. Photo: AFP / Sefa Karacan / Anadolu Agency
Task & Purpose: Progress! Taliban Calls Afghan Government ‘Kabul Administration’ Instead Of ‘Puppets’ For Once
The Afghan Taliban may have shown up in the United Arab Emirates for a confab with an extremely conciliatory United States this week, the militant group has a clear message for the Afghan officials who joined the U.S. special peace envoy: F–k your couch.
* “Discussions are taking place with the representatives of the United States about ending the occupation, a matter that does not concern the Kabul administration whatsoever,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement denying that his reps would pow-wow with members of the Afghan government.
* Kabul’s chief negotiator had previously met with the U.S. special peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Abu Dhabi earlier on Tuesday, an Afghan spokesman stated, adding that the government will “begin proximity dialogue with the Taliban delegation and prepare for a face-to-face meeting between the two sides.”
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WNU Editor: The Taliban are approaching these talks in the same manner that the mujaheddin approached their talks with the Soviet Union in the 1980s .... terms and conditions for the withdrawal of foreign forces.
