US does not exclude direct talks with Taliban after their contacts with Kabul

Beijing. March 6. Silkroadnews - The US administration allows for direct talks with the radical Afghan Taliban in the future, but after the Taliban’s dialogue with the Afghan government, the Afghan Telegraph Agency (AfTAG) reports.
According to Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Alice G. Wells, the first thing that should happen is to reach an agreement between Taliban and the Afghan government to interact with each other. Their interaction is critically important.  
With this she admitted, the US expects an increase in the number of Taliban attacks in the cities of Afghanistan, but did not agree with expectation saying the Taliban would expand the zone under their control. She also noted, that Pakistan did not comply with the U.S. demands to intensify the fight against extremists put forward several months ago.