Taliban ready to resume peace talks after Trump’s surprise visit to Afghanistan

The Taliban said on Friday they were ready to restart peace talks with the United States, a day after president Donald Trump made a surprise visit to US troops in Afghanistan.

President Trump’s thanksgiving day visit was his first to Afghanistan since becoming president and came a week after a prisoner swap between Washington and Kabul.

Trump confirmed to newsmen that they are discussing a ceasefire agreement.

Taliban leaders said that the group has been holding meetings with senior US officials in Doha since last weekend, adding they could soon resume formal peace talks.

A spokesman for the hardline Islamist insurgent group, Zabihullah Mujahid said they were ready to restart the talks that collapsed after Trump had called them off earlier this year.