Afghan Opposition Does Not Rule Out Dialogue With Taleban
VOA News
11 Apr 2001 01:48 UTC

Afghanistan's opposition commander Ahmed Shah Masood, says he does not rule out a peace dialogue with the ruling Taleban faction, but Pakistan has to stop interfering in the conflict first.

Commander Massood told reporters in the Tajik capital Dushanbe his alliance might even accept a provisional government with the Taleban. But he said that government should only last for six months or a year. Then, he said the provisional government can hold general elections under the United Nations and the group of countries united within the 'six-plus-two' formula.

The six-plus-two countries are Afghanistan's neighbors Iran, China, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan as well as Uzbekistan, Russia and the United States.