Representatives from the U.S., the European Union, NATO and a number of other European countries met on Thursday in Berlin.
Following their meeting, these representatives issued a statement in which they called on the Afghan government and the Taliban to resume their substantive talks immediately.
“Participants urged the immediate resumption, without pre-conditions, of substantive negotiations on the future of Afghanistan.”
There are needs for the talks to “compromise positions on power sharing that can lead to an inclusive and legitimate government and a just and durable settlement,” it added.
“The process of the troop withdrawal must not serve as an excuse for the Taliban to suspend the peace process,” it said.
The envoys participating in the meeting condemned the violence for which the Taliban are mostly responsible, calling on the group to put a stop to their “undeclared spring offensive.”
It comes as a U.S.-backed peace conference in which both Afghan government and the Taliban were invited have been postponed to after Eid ul-Fitr.
According to reports, Istanbul summit was not happening on the set date because the Taliban had refused to participate.
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