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KABUL (PAN): Taliban negotiators have urged Iran not to back their political rivals in the Northern Alliance to prevent a possible civil war in Afghanistan after foreign forces withdrawal in 2014, a media report said on Monday.
While concluding their three-day visit to Tehran on Sunday, senior Taliban leaders assured their interlocutors they would accommodate all factions in any future setup in Afghanistan, a Pakistani newspaper reported.
The Express Tribune quoted an unnamed Taliban source as saying: The visit was aimed at assuring Iran that all ethnic and sectarian groups will have representation in any post-NATO set-up." He said Irans concerns about the Hazaras' treatment were allayed.
Ex-Taliban leader Akbar Agha told the daily he did not believe the movement had officially dispatched the team to Tehran. However, he hastened to some Taliban figures' travel to other countries in their personal capacity.
On Sunday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul said it would investigate the Taliban delegation's trip to Tehran. We are in contact with Iranian authorities to establish whether reports about the visit are right or wrong, a ministry spokesman told a news conference.
Janan Musazai said it would be premature to discuss the issue before the Iranians officially commented. He explained Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Syed Abbas Araqchi had already rejected the report as baseless.
Read more: Terminal X
While concluding their three-day visit to Tehran on Sunday, senior Taliban leaders assured their interlocutors they would accommodate all factions in any future setup in Afghanistan, a Pakistani newspaper reported.
The Express Tribune quoted an unnamed Taliban source as saying: The visit was aimed at assuring Iran that all ethnic and sectarian groups will have representation in any post-NATO set-up." He said Irans concerns about the Hazaras' treatment were allayed.
Ex-Taliban leader Akbar Agha told the daily he did not believe the movement had officially dispatched the team to Tehran. However, he hastened to some Taliban figures' travel to other countries in their personal capacity.
On Sunday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul said it would investigate the Taliban delegation's trip to Tehran. We are in contact with Iranian authorities to establish whether reports about the visit are right or wrong, a ministry spokesman told a news conference.
Janan Musazai said it would be premature to discuss the issue before the Iranians officially commented. He explained Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Syed Abbas Araqchi had already rejected the report as baseless.
Read more: Terminal X
