KABUL: A�Taliban�spokesman has confirmed that the Afghan insurgents have sent a delegation to�Iran�for three days of talks. The unprecedented meeting signals that Iran could be seeking the role of regional mediator between the Taliban and Kabul.
Spokesman�Qari Yousef Ahmadi�said Monday in an email that emissaries from the Taliban's political office met with Iranian officials over the weekend. He said a separate group of clerics attended a religious conference in Tehran.

An Iranian news agency said Saturday that�Tehran�had hosted a Taliban delegation.

The Sunni Muslim Taliban have long been enemies of Iran's ruling Shiite clerics.

Ahmadi also said the Taliban's political wing would accept any invitation for conferences, a possible good sign for so-far fruitless efforts to negotiate an end to the Afghan war.

By The Daily Star

 

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