KABUL, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Taliban outfit on Wednesday rejected the reports on holding secret talks on peace with Afghan government as baseless, a statement of the armed group sent to media said.
"No talks have been held with officials from Kabul regime, neither in Qatar, nor in other place and any report on the subject is baseless and fabricated," the statement said.
The British daily The Guardian, according to local media reports reported recently that Mullah Abdul Manan had represented Taliban in the talks attended by Afghan government national spy chief Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai and presidential advisor on National Security Mohammad Hanif Atmar.
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