China invites Taliban led IEA for intra-Afghan conference in Beijing

China invited Taliban led Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to take part in upcoming two-day intra-Afghan conference which is to be held in Beijing. Zabihullah, IEA spokesperson tweeted on October 23 that China has invited a delegation to participate in intra-Afghan dialogue in a conference that will take place on October 29 and 30. He furr also said that earlier in day Mullah Abdul Ghani Barar, Taliban's co-founder, met with Chinese diplomats in Doha, where group has a political office. 

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US-Taliban talks

talks between China and Taliban will be separate from talks between US and Taliban. militant group h been negotiating a deal with United States that would have seen Washington pull thousands of troops from Afghanistan in return for various security guarantees. However, President Trump called an end to talks after group carried out a bomb attack in Kabul that h reportedly killed 12 people, including a US soldier. 

militant group has refused to talk to Afghan government as it believes that country is a US 'puppet' although government officials have taken part in intra-Afghan dialogue as private citizens. Suhail Shaheen, official spokesman of Taliban, told an international media outlet that all participants will be attending meeting in ir personal capacity and y will share ir personal opinions for solving Afghan issue. He furr ded that it is t clear wher Aghan President Ashraf Ghani or his ministrations would attend conference.  

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