Afghan president offers talks with Taliban ‘without preconditions’

Ashraf Ghani says he will not ‘prejudge’ any group seeking peace

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President Ashraf Ghani greets delegates today at the presidential palace in Kabul
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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has offered to hold talks with the Taliban “without preconditions” as part of a plan aimed at ending the more than 16-year-long conflict.

Ghani also said that he will offer recognition of the Taliban as a legitimate political group - the latest in “a series of signals from both the Western-backed government and the Taliban suggesting a greater willingness to consider dialogue”, Reuters reports.

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