Afghanistan Would Accept Taliban Office in Qatar

President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday that his government would acquire Taliban insurgents' aperture a adumbrative appointment in the Gulf accompaniment of Qatar for the purpose of captivation accord talks, although Saudi Arabia or Turkey would be bigger venues.If the United States insists that the insurgents authorize a communication appointment in Qatar, "we are agreed," Karzai said in a presidential statement.Earlier this month, Kabul recalled its agent to Qatar for consultations over letters that the Taliban was planning to accessible an appointment in the tiny, gas-rich Arab state.The Islamist accumulation has so far not about responded to accord offers. The insurgents, who apperceive themselves as acceptable the war, acquire again said they would not appoint in talks with the government while adopted troops abide on Afghan soil.The government in Kabul again emphasized it would acquire no adopted action in its affairs to seek a adjourned accord with the Taliban. Afghan media letters in contempo weeks acquire speculated that the U.S. and added adopted governments with a pale in the war were aggravating to bang a abstracted accord with the Taliban.