<div><br />''</div>''<div>The United States has called on the Taliban to give serious consideration to an offer for peace talks extended by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.</div>''<div>&nbsp;</div>''<div>US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of state, in charge of South and Central Asian affairs, Alice Wells said in Washington that the Afghan President is not demanding surrender by the Taliban and the onus is now on the group to respond.&nbsp;</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>Wells said, the offer is a dignified process for reaching a political framework and it would lead to a cessation of violence, halt the ties with terrorism, and respect for the Afghanistan constitution.</div>