...the Pashtun equivalent of men...say they will visit Pakistain whenever they received a formal invitation, as they routinely pay visits to regional and other countries to explain their position regarding grinding of the peace processor and to address to others’ concerns.
as they routinely return for R&R and to get mission instructions from the ISI
Comments from Suhail Shaheen, Taliban political office front man in Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
, came days after Prime Minister Imran Khan
... aka
The Great Khan, who ain't the sharpest bulb on the national tree...
said in Washington he will meet the Taliban leaders in Pakistain on his return to convince them to hold negotiations with the Afghan government.
Taliban have rejected calls for direct talks with the Afghan government as they do not recognize the Kabul administration and insist their priority is to end invasion and seek a time-frame for withdrawal of all foreign forces.
Taliban have held a series of meetings with Afghan politicians in Moscow and Doha over the past few months; however, no formal intra-Afghan negotiations have started so far.
Taliban for the first time agreed to allow three officials of the Afghan government to join a delegation of over 50 politicians, women activists and civil society members in Qatar on July 7-8. The government representatives participated in their personal capacity but that also indicated Taliban flexible position about the intra-Afghan meetings.
Taliban front man Suhail Shaheen told Daily Times on Thursday from Doha via WhatsApp that Taliban political representatives will Pakistain if they are formally invited.
"We pay visits to regional and other countries for talks to explain our position on grinding of the peace processor and to listen to others. Pakistain is our neighbor and a Moslem country. Members of our political office will travel to Pakistain if we receive a formal invitation from Pakistain," Shaheen said when he was asked about Prime Minister Imran Khan’s remarks.
