Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- The Afghan Taliban are prepared
to open an "office outside the country for talks with foreigners," a purported
spokesman for the movement said in a statement released Tuesday.
The statement could signal the Taliban's public willingness to talk to the
United States for the first time.
Calling himself "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan spokesman," Zabiullah
Mujaheed said the Taliban has a "preliminary agreement with Qatar and other
respective sides." Why Qatar?
The Taliban are asking for the release of prisoners from the United States
detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in exchange for opening the office, he
said.
He said the group is also "ready for talks and negotiation inside the
country."
It appears to be the first time the Taliban -- which ruled Afghanistan from
1996 until 2001, when they were ousted in a U.S.-led invasion -- have offered
talks without the condition of an American withdrawal from the country...
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