Senior Taliban leader says insurgents want peace Senior Taliban officials including the group's top political advisor meet with Afghan political figures in Moscow, saying they were committed to peace in Afghanistan -- even as US-led talks appear to have stalled. In a message the Taliban have not altered since talks with the US started last autumn, Taliban co-founder and political leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar says the insurgents want an end to 18 years of conflict -- but would only sign a deal after foreign forces quit Afghanistan. IMAGES of conference AND SOUNDBITES of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Hamid Karzai, and Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai