Taliban for Direct Talks with US on OsamaThe Taliban authorities of Afghanistan have offered to the United States to settle the Osama bin Laden issue through dialogue in a manner that does not compromise the national honor of both countries.This has been stated by Taliban Ambassador in Islamabad Maulvi Zaeef in an exclusive interview with "Pakistan Observer," which appeared in the newspaper on Thursday. "We want to solve this simmering issue in a way that takes into account the dignity and honor of both Afghanistan and the United States," Zaeef said. He revealed that Taliban Foreign Minister Maulivi Wakil Ahmad Mutawakil has written a letter to the new U.S. administration regarding this issue. "We are still waiting for a response from the United States, which we hope will be positive," he added. However, the ambassador made it clear that there could be no imposed solution of the issue and solution could only be the one that is acceptable to both countries and this should not be difficult if dialogue to solve the issue is held with good intentions. Osama bin Laden, now living in Afghanistan, is an alleged international terrorist. The United States has charged him for responsibility for the 1998 explosion of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania and urged Taliban to hand him out for trial. |
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