US Designation of Afghanistan ‘Regrettable,’ Afghan Taliban Says

March 10 (Reuters) – ⁠The ⁠Afghan Taliban ⁠on Tuesday called ​the U.S decision ‌to designate Afghanistan ‌a “state ⁠sponsor ⁠of wrongful detention” regrettable, and said ​it wanted to resolve the ​matter through dialogue after ⁠the U.S. ⁠demanded the ⁠release of ​U.S. citizens held.

U.S. Secretary ​of ⁠State Marco Rubio said on Monday ⁠he was designating the Taliban government a “state ⁠sponsor of wrongful detention,” and urged Kabul to free all detained U.S. citizens, including Mahmood Habibi ⁠and Dennis Coyle.

(Reporting by Yunus Yawar, writing by Shilpa ​Jamkhandikar; Editing by ​Bernadette Baum)

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