Taliban-Afghan Government Talks Possible Only When President Ashraf Ghani Is Out – Imran Khan , Prime Minister Pakistan

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As the Taliban surges ahead in Afghanistan much to the agony of many and even closing in on capital Kabul , Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the terror group would not talk to the Afghanistan government until Ashraf Ghani remains the country’s president. According to ANI report, While talking to foreign journalists in Islamabad, Imran Khan said a political settlement was looking difficult under current conditions.

“I tried to persuade the Taliban… three to four months back when they came here,” Pakistan’s The News International quoted Imran Khan as saying. “The condition is that as long as Ashraf Ghani is there, we (Taliban) are not going to talk to the Afghan government,” Khan added.

Due to rising violence in the country by the Taliban, the situation is deteriorating badly as the terror group has been looting people and killing civilians after capturing multiple areas from the government. The Taliban escalated its offensive against the Afghan forces soon after the US forces started fleeing Afghanistan in large numbers after the peace deal signed between Washington and the Taliban in February last year.