MojNews-The Taliban met with U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in the Pakistan capital for the first time since President Donald Trump declared a seemingly imminent peace deal to end Afghanistan’s ۱۸-year war ‘dead’ a month ago, a Taliban official said early Saturday.

He offered few details of Friday’s meeting between Khalilzad and the Taliban delegation led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar , a co-founder of the movement that was ousted in ۲۰۰۱ by the U.S.-led coalition. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

U.S. officials however have been keen to say there is no resumption of peace talks, at least not now in Islamabad.