<div>The UN Security Council has welcomed the Afghan government's offer to engage the Taliban in direct peace talks and called on the Taliban to accept it without preconditions.&nbsp;</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>The offer was made at the second meeting of the Kabul Process in early March. The Taliban had insisted on direct negotiations with the US.</div>''<div></div>''<div>The Security Council has underlined the importance of an inclusive Afghan-led peace process for the long-term prosperity and stability in Afghanistan, Xinhua news agency reported.</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>It must lead to the renunciation of violence and breaking of all ties to international terrorism, as well as the respect for the equal rights of all Afghans.</div>''<div><br />''</div>