The top UN official in Afghanistan has called for comprehensive talks with top-level Taliban leaders in a bid to end the insurgency in the conflict-plagued county, reportede PressTV.
"It is a political process, and I think you also have to approach the more political structures of the insurgency movement," the UN Special Representative in Kabul, Kai Eide, said on Sunday in Kabul.
However, Eide did not name the Taliban leader Mullah Omar, who is believed to be hiding out somewhere on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, in his call for peace negotiations.
Omar in the past has dismissed the overtures, saying no talks can happen while the US-led troops are in the war-ravaged country.
Eide's remarks follow calls made last week by the British foreign secretary for talks with the insurgents.
David Miliband had said that President Hamid Karzai's government must develop "a political strategy for dealing with the insurgency through reintegration and reconciliation."
The calls for talks came after July became the deadliest month for international forces since the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.
Seventy-five foreign troops -- including 43 Americans -- were killed in militant attacks across Afghanistan in July.
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