There is no need to keep the office open, said Mohammad Hanif Atmar, the National Security Adviser to President Ashraf Ghani. Pakistan to go on FATF terror financing list in June“The (Taliban’s) Qatar office had no benefit for us even after seven years. We are discussing with Qatar government that this office had no positive result in the peace process and it is better to close it,” Atmar said in the interview. “The aim behind opening of this office was to start official peace negotiations with the Taliban from the address, but so far no official negotiation from the office has been started with government. Even a single step has not been taken forward in the peace process through this office,” Qadir Shah, a spokesperson for Atmar’s office said.

Source: The Express Tribune February 24, 2018 05:48 UTC