Turkey in talks to open Taliban office in Istanbul for Afghan peace talks

From ANI

Ankara/Islamabad, April 16(ANI): Turkey is working to open a political office for the Taliban in Istanbul to help facilitate their leadership for talks with the Afghan government to resolve the issue for lasting peace and stability in Afghanistan as well as the entire region, a close aide to Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has said.

Turkey has been "negotiating right now on a plan to open a political office for the Taliban in Istanbul," Ibrahim Kalin, chief adviser to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, told Daily Hurriyet.

Muslim Turkey, which has hosted talks aimed at building trust between Pakistan and Afghanistan, has said before that it is open to the establishment of a diplomatic presence for the Taliban to help with talks to end the war in Afghanistan, Scotsman.com said.

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