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| Afghans reject Taliban talks moves | Afghans reject Taliban talks moves |
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| Afghan officials have said the removal of the flag and nameplate from the Taliban's Qatar office is not enough. | Afghan officials have said the removal of the flag and nameplate from the Taliban's Qatar office is not enough. |
| Afghan peace negotiators say the office is meant only for peace talks and they are unhappy with Taliban statements. | |
| "It is a kind of Taliban establishment which we don't want," Muhammad Ismael Qasemyar, a member of Afghanistan's High Peace Council, told the BBC. | "It is a kind of Taliban establishment which we don't want," Muhammad Ismael Qasemyar, a member of Afghanistan's High Peace Council, told the BBC. |
| The comments come after US Secretary of State John Kerry rang President Hamid Karzai to defuse tensions. | |
| He told the president the Taliban's office in Qatar was removing the flag, and that the sign designating the building as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan would be replaced by one saying Bureau of Peace Talks. | |
| Mr Qasemyar said negotiators objected to the statement made by the Taliban when the office had been established, which had indicated it would have relations with external bodies such as the UN. | |
| Correspondents say that the Qatar office means the Taliban are no longer only a fighting group, but have a political arm too. | |
| However this current dispute centres on the precise nature and powers of this office, and is just one indication of how fraught with difficulty this fledgling talks process will be. |