Zamir Kabulov, Russian Special Representative for Afghanistan has said that the Taliban leaders and U.S. Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad have told him that they want to restart talks and how he can help in restarting talks between the two sides.

Kabulov made the remarks in an exclusive conversation with SNI Associate in Moscow.
He discussed Pakistan and its role in supporting groups like the Taliban, India and its policy and accusations that countries like the U.S., Russia and China are responsible for legitimizing the Taliban.
Special Representative Kabulov did not rule out fundamentalist elements joining Daesh/ISIS/ISKP, but adds some of this talk is from those trying to sabotage the peace process.
Looking back over decades of diplomatic involvement, he elaborated on reports that he headed the KGB mission in Kabul and remembers the time he met Mullah Omar.