"Right now, having a strong presence in Afghanistan, we still want to have a political office for negotiations," Mujahid [Taliban spokesman] said. "In this regard, we have started preliminary talks and we have reached a preliminary understanding with relevant sides, including the government of Qatar, to have a political office for negotiations with the international community.""Everyone now agrees on the need for an office: the government, the foreigners and the Taliban," said Mohammed Qalamuddin, one-time head of the Taliban regime's "vice and virtue" police.
It is like Chamberlain telling Hitler that, if he is willing to accept the Sudetenland, then he could have the rest of Czechoslovakia.
They PLO went that route as well, getting a foothold here and there such as in the UN and then squeezing out more and more concessions for more and more empty promises of peace talks. Next thing you know the world wanted them to have a state of their own and a lobby in Washington to support "the dream."