Taliban militants utterly rebutted reports of talks with the Afghan government Thursday, terming them as baseless.

According to media reports, the armed outfit has held a meeting with officials from the government-backed peace body the High Peace Council in Dubai to reach a national reconciliation and give end to the lingering conflicts in the militancy-plagued Afghanistan.

The government-backed High Peace Council has been authorized to contact Taliban outfit and convince anti-government militants to give up fighting and contribute to the rebuilding process of the war-torn nation.

"We utterly reject the report of Associated Press on holding talks between the representatives of the Islamic Emirate (name of ousted Taliban regime) and the members of the so-called Peace Council and clearly saying that no talks have been held and the opponents cannot prove it," a statement posted on the Taliban website late Thursday said.

The statement which attributed to the Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid also termed the report as propaganda, adding the western media by releasing groundless reports were attempting to hide the defeat of the western troops and divert public opinions.

According to media reports, a delegation of the High Peace Council, headed by Masoom Stanekzai, held a meeting with the Taliban in Dubai recently to convince the outfit to negotiate openly with the Afghan government.

Mujahid's remarks came in the wake of President Hamid Karzai's new call on Taliban militants to lay down arms and contribute to the rebuilding process of Afghanistan.

President Karzai once again called upon Taliban militants to come to Afghanistan and open office with their flag and plaque in his short speech after offering Eid prayers on Thursday in the presidential palace, saying Taliban would not have faced humiliation if they have opened office in Afghanistan instead of Qatar, a reference to rising the flag and plaque of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (name of Taliban former regime) and then removing them in the wake of Kabul's protest and suspending talks with the United States on a security pact in early July this year.