Great Britain launches talks with Taliban on a key issue

Great Britain has started talks with the Taliban to ensure safe escape from Afghanistan for several British and Afghan nationals, still in a war-torn country.

The British government announced that state officials are holding talks with senior members of the Taliban in Doha, Qatar, writes BBC, broadcast Gazeta Express.

British Defence Minister Ben Wallace is taught to tell MPs that about 150 to 250 people meeting the conditions for evacuation, and their families are still in Afghanistan.

Commenting on the talks between the British government and the Taliban, a British cabinet spokesman said: “The prime minister's special representative for the transition in Afghanistan, Simon Gass, has travelled to Doha and is meeting with senior representatives of the Taliban to stress the importance of leaving Afghanistan for British citizens and for Afghans who have worked with us in the past 20 years. ”

On Tuesday, British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab said over 17,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan by British forces so far, including over 5,000 British citizens.

Former British Ambassador to Afghanistan Sir William Patten said engagement with the Taliban could help prevent a refugee crisis and influence Afghanistan not to become a host country for terrorists.