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Afghan Taliban deny peace talks with UN

30 January 2010 18:36 (UTC +04:00)

Baku - APA. The Afghan Taliban have flatly denied reports that their representatives recently had talks with UN special envoy Kai Eide to discuss peace, APA reports citing BBC.

A statement by the Islamist group’s ruling council described the reports as "futile and baseless rumours".

Mr Eide himself denied a report that talks were held in Dubai on 8 January and refused to comment on other dates.

In another development, an overnight NATO air strike reportedly killed four Afghan government soldiers near Kabul.

An Afghan spokesman in Wardak province said it was unclear what had happened while a US spokesman said only that international forces were investigating an "incident" in the province.

The Afghan spokesman said six soldiers had also been injured during the attack on a newly established army outpost which had, he added, been launched after foreign and Afghan forces exchanged fire on the ground.