Afghan Taliban deny peace talks with "careless' Karzai govt.

The Afghan Taliban has rejected claims by President Hamid Karzai that the US and Afghan governments had begun peace talks with the hardline group aimed at reaching a peace deal to end the 10-year Afghan war.

The Taliban were 'definitively' interested in a peace settlement to end the war and that all three sides were now involved in discussions, Karzai had earlier claimed.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, however, rejected such claims, saying: "The Islamic Emirate strongly rejects his words that we have talked with his careless administration and we do not have a plan to talk with President Karzai's administration."

Following Karzai's claims, another Afghan official had also said the session had taken place. (ANI)

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