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"I visited Kandahar because we are not confident about the privacy of phone conversations," Zaeef told mediapersons during a stopover in Quetta on his way to Islamabad.
Zaeef said he had met Taleban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar in Kandahar. "Mullah Omar and (Saudi extremist) Osama bin Laden are safe and I met them before returning to Pakistan."
"Our efforts are focused on solving all disputes through discussions because the Afghans have been plagued by war for the last 20 years and they can't suffer more," Zaeef said.
Zaeef, however, did not provide details of the ceasefire plan but said he would discuss it with Pakistani officials in Islamabad.
US President George W Bush had last week offered the Taleban a 'second chance' if they extradited bin Laden immediately and without conditions.
"In the discussions spread over several days, the focal point was bin Laden. The Afghan high command is firm that the decision taken by the clerics is final," he said. "US aggression and threats cannot do much more than provoke the Taleban," Zaeef said.
He denied reports of a rift within the Taleban. "The Taleban are united and reports of (Foreign Minister) Wakil Ahmed Mutawakil's defection is propaganda. Mutawakil clarified this on Afghanistan radio," he said.
"On the instruction of Mullah Omar, Mutawakil will deny this through the international media soon," the ambassador said.
"Nobody linked to the Taleban can think of defection and infidelity," Zaeef said.
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