{"id":65286,"date":"2018-06-03T17:30:11","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T17:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/06\/03\/taliban-reject-us-commanders-statement-on-peace-talks\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:02:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:02:24","slug":"taliban-reject-us-commanders-statement-on-peace-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/03\/taliban-reject-us-commanders-statement-on-peace-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban reject US commander\u2019s statement on peace talks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KABUL, Afghanistan \u2014 The Taliban say they \u201ccategorically reject\u201d a statement made this week by the U.S. commander of coalition forces in Afghanistan about \u201coff stage\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/31\/the-top-us-general-in-afghanistan-says-some-taliban-are-interested-in-peace\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">contacts and dialogue<\/a> taking place between the Kabul government and the insurgents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says in a statement distributed to the media on Friday that Gen. John Nicholson\u2019s remarks, made to reporters at the Pentagon from his Kabul office, were a \u201cbaseless claim.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/30\/why-should-the-us-stay-in-afghanistan-the-commander-of-coalition-forces-offers-his-views-as-he-departs\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/28115363899_8d241a916c_k.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Why should the US stay in Afghanistan? Here\u2019s what the top commander there said.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">US forces needed to further suppress militant groups, realize Afghan gains, Nicholson said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nicholson said Wednesday that \u201cmid-level, senior-level Taliban leaders\u201d are \u201cengaging with Afghans,\u201d adding that unspecified international organizations, foreign governments and other interested parties also are involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mujahid says that \u201cAmerican General Nicholson is making such fabricated statements to divert attention from his failures and keep the Washington media busy with false claims instead of exposing the failed Trump (administration\u2019s) strategy\u201d in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Taliban say they \u201ccategorically reject\u201d a statement made this week by the 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