Taliban deny reports of secret peace talks with Pak
September 01, 2013 00:13
The Pakistani Taliban has denied it was holding secret peace talks with the government, saying all reports about parleys were "complete propaganda".
Shahidullah Shahid, the spokesman for the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), told reporters in Peshawar on phone that his group was not holding any secret peace talks.
He said media reports about talks were not true as the Taliban Shura (Council) is yet to decide on the issue.
"I categorically deny the holding of peace talks on any level between the Taliban and Pakistani government," he said.
"No contacts have even been made between us, nor have we received any offer to initiate peace talks. It is complete propaganda, the government must make it public if it has any proof of any such talks," Shahid said.
Most Pakistani newspapers today carried reports of talks between the Taliban and the government.
"Unofficial talks between the government side and Taliban are in progress," Information Minister Pervez Rashid was quoted as saying by the Dawn daily.
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