Representatives from Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States are trying to work out a roadmap for bringing the Taliban and the Afghan government together for direct talks and to find a political solution to the country's lingering crisis.

 

Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani has called for the Taliban to come to the negotiating table.

 

"Any delay by the Taliban at the negotiating table will isolate¹ them more in the eyes of the Afghan people. Those who missed the chance to join the peace process clearly proved that they do not want an Afghanistan with sovereignty, independence, stability and welfare and their aim is insurgency² and destruction."

 

The first round of the four-nation talks was held in Islamabad last week.

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