The Taliban government said Saturday it discussed normalizing relations between Afghanistan and the United States in a meeting with senior U.S. administration officials in Kabul.

President Donald Trump's special envoy for hostage response, Adam Boehler, and the former U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, met with the Taliban Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Al-Haj Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Akhund, at Arg Palace in the capital.

Akhund urged the U.S. to move "from confrontation to constructive engagement" and to "invest across multiple sectors", the Taliban government said.

The White House did not issue a statement describing the meeting or immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Taliban statement also said its foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, met with the U.S. officials.

“Comprehensive discussions were held on ways to develop bilateral relations between the two countries, issues related to citizens, and investment opportunities in Afghanistan,” the statement said.

It added that the U.S. delegation also expressed condolences over the devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan late last month.

The meeting came after the Taliban released U.S. citizen George Glezmann, who was abducted while traveling through Afghanistan as a tourist.

He was the third detainee freed by the Taliban since President Donald Trump took office.

It also came after the Taliban sharply criticized Trump's new travel ban that bars Afghans from entering the United States.