White House - Taliban can embrace talks, reach peace with Afghanistan


  • World
  • Thursday, 30 Jul 2015

Mullah Omar of Afghanistan's Taliban regime is shown in this undated U.S. National Counterterrorism Center image. REUTERS/National Counterterrorism Center/Handout via Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday said it believed the Taliban had an opportunity to make peace with the government of Afghanistan during an Afghan-led peace process.

"They can accept the government of Afghanistan's invitation to join a peace process ... or they can choose to continue fighting Afghans and destabilising their own country," spokesman Eric Schultz said of the Taliban.

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