31 December 2016

News Story: Taliban Welcomes Moscow Talks

Taliban has welcomed the trilateral session between Russia, China and Pakistan, held this week in Moscow, where the three countries agreed to get the Afghan Taliban individuals delisted from the United Nations sanctions list.

Suhail Shahin, Taliban’s spokesman for their political office in Qatar, said in a press release on Friday that the group welcomes the agreement made by the trilateral meeting.

He stated that removing the names of Taliban members from UN sanctions list is a good step to ensure peace and stability in Afghanistan. 

This comes after the Afghan government criticized the move for its absence in the trilateral session in Moscow.

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