Door Still Open For Talks With Taliban, Says Clinton

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday said that the door was still open to peace talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban so long as it renounces violence and distances itself from international terrorism.

“Any negotiation must require the Taliban to break ties with al-Qaeda, to renounce violence and to abide by Afghanistan’s constitution, including the protections of women’s and minority rights,” Clinton said.

“We’ve also made clear that the steps the Taliban must now take to advance the process—they must make unambiguous statements distancing themselves from international terrorism and committing to a process that includes all Afghans,” she told reporters during a joint press availability with the visiting Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul.

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