Restaurant Attack

Taliban reject US' call to lay down arms

The Afghan Taliban yesterday rejected a call by the United States to put down their weapons and start peace talks with the Afghan government. The White House on Saturday urged the insurgent group to lay down its arms. The call was part of a condemnation of a Taliban attack on a Kabul restaurant which claimed the lives of 21 people, including two American professors. “We strongly reject the American demand,” Taliban said in a statement. “If America truly wants peace and...