Taliban: No Peace Talks with U.S.

The Taliban have once again rejected peace talks with the United States. The White House recently issued a statement that it wants to negotiate with the Taliban. The Taliban published a statement on its website Voice of Jihad. In the statement the Taliban demands that the United States leaves Afghanistan or else face continued attacks against its forces in Afghanistan. The United States has been unsuccessful in negotiating with the Taliban for the past five years. Read more in "Afghan Taliban reject US call for peace talks", The Long War Journal, January 19, 2014.