 Speaking during the inauguration of an Islamic foundation in Kabul , Saleh said the Karzai government and the United States of America cannot represent the anti @-@ Taliban Afghan civilians and initiate peace talks while simultaneously excluding them . The former Afghan Intelligence Chief insisted on considering the views of the Afghan people during the peace talks process , as a majority of Afghans both in the northern and southern regions , he said , have negative views of the Taliban . He also questioned the honesty of the Taliban 's involvement in peace talks . The recent objections by nearly all major opposition parties come amid growing efforts by the US and Hamid Karzai to make headway in secret talks with the Taliban and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar 's <unk> @-@ i Islami . In these talks representatives from the anti @-@ Taliban United Front , which fought the Taliban from 1994 until 2001 and unites leaders representing roughly 60 % of Afghanistan 's population , are being excluded . Criticizing the secretive nature of US talks with the Taliban , which they suspect might end in a return of the Taliban to power , opposition leaders have asked for a transparent UN @-@ led peace process . 
