KABUL: (MEP) – According to reports, U.S. and Pakistani officials are mulling to transferring the Taliban ‘political office’ from Qatar to some other country, khaama reported.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry recently visited Pakistan and met with the Pakistani officials over Afghan peace talks in a bid to revive the nascent reconciliation process in Afghanistan.
The officials discussed the prospects of the Afghan reconciliation and how to break the deadlock in the Doha process, Pakistan’s The Express Tribune reported.
Officials quoted by The Express Tribune said, Islamabad and Washington are not very hopeful about the revival of the Doha process and are now looking at other options to jump start the peace talks with the Afghan Taliban.
The officials further added that John Kerry and Pakistani officials discussed other possible options including transfer of Taliban office from Qatar to some other country in a bid to help accelerate Afghan peace talks.
In the meantime there are also reports that officials are considering alternative options to Doha process, however no final decision has been taken in this regard so far.
Taliban group in Afghanistan temporarily closed its office in Doha after President Hamid Karzai suspended peace talks, and termed the style in which the Taliban office was inaugurated on June 18 in Doha as an attempt to install a parallel government.
According to Pakistani officials the option of transferring the Taliban office from Qatar had already been shared with the Afghan administration.
