Speaker of the House of the People of Afghanistan Mir Rahman Rahmani has declared that the Afghan government looks forward to direct talks with the Talibs, reports RIA Novosti.

“Unfortunately, the peace process isn’t proceeding in the direction that can lead to the start of direct talks due to the lack of will of the Taliban…The Afghan nation, people and government want the government and the Taliban to launch talks and look forward to it,” Rahmani said during a meeting with President of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin and stated that the talks between the US and the Talibs “still haven’t led to tangible results”.

Washington and the Afghan Taliban movement are close to signing a ceasefire in late February.