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Ex-MNA says US re-contacted him for Afghan Taliban dialogue

PESHAWAR: The US has once again approached a former parliamentarian, known for his contacts with the Taliban, to initiate dialogue with Afghan Taliban.

Talking to Daily Times at the Peshawar High Court, former MNA and World Prisoners Relief Commission of Pakistan Chairman Javed Ibrahim Paracha, said senior officials of the US embassy telephoned him on Monday seeking his assistance for initiating talks with Afghan Taliban commanders. Earlier on November 17, 2005, Javed said then US under-secretary for public diplomacy and public affairs, and US military officials in Islamabad, met him because of his contacts with the Taliban in Afghanistan. “US officials had offered me $500,000 in that meeting for mediating. I refused that offer and had asked US officials to first take permission from the government and corps commanders,” he said.

Javed said he had again asked US officials to get permission from the government and the army chief if they wanted him to mediate between the two sides. akhtar amin

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