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Taliban 'reject offer of Afghan government posts'
Source: BBC
The Taliban have been offered posts in the new Afghan government but have turned them down, the BBC understands.
The offer came from new President Ashraf Ghani in a bid to end the insurgency that threatens the recovery of the country.
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The president's spokesman has denied that the jobs were formally offered.
But a source close to President Ghani said the government should be drawn "not just from the two teams, but from all parties in Afghanistan".
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The ministerial posts earmarked for them were rural affairs, the borders, giving the Taliban responsibility for collecting customs, and the Hajj, the religious pilgrimage to Mecca.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-30737664
