BEIJING, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Representatives of the Afghan Taliban-led interim government and the U.S. government held two days of negotiations in the Qatari capital of Doha on Oct. 9 and 10, the first direct talks between the U.S. and Taliban since the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan at the end of August.

Analysts pointed out that the U.S. and Taliban held this negotiation out of their respective needs, and although both sides negotiated a relatively positive stance, but the substantive results are limited. Due to the lack of mutual trust between the twosides, future negotiations to achieve real progress still face many difficulties.

According to Zhu Yongbiao, director of the Center for Afghan StudiesofLanzhou University, the talks are a continuation of the previous dialogue between the U.S. and the Taliban in Doha and the signing of the "peace agreement" last February. The significance of the conference is that the U.S. and Taliban had their first formal contact after the political changes in Afghanistan.

The Times reported that the U.S. rejected Taliban's request to unfreeze billions of dollars in assets during the negotiations. Zhu Yongbiao noted that the U.S. has a tougher stance on unfreezing Afghan assets abroad and will probably determine its attitude on the matter depending on the Taliban's fulfillment of its security commitments to the U.S.

The conference was also unproductive in terms of recognizing the interim government of Taliban in Afghanistan. The United States has made it clear that the negotiations are not a prelude to recognizing the Taliban regime. A spokesman for the U.S. State Department said recently that the conference is not about recognizing Taliban. Zhu Yongbiao said that on the issue of recognizing the Taliban regime, the U.S. is facing greater domestic and foreign pressure. Under the current circumstances, the U.S. will not recognize Taliban first.

According to Zhu Yongbiao, taliban do not trust the United States, especially not the U.S. intelligence agencies. Taliban fears that the U.S. will take advantage of the opportunity to disrupt the situation in Afghanistan, so they refuse to cooperate with the U.S. to fight the Islamic State.