Sunday, December 8, 2019

U.S. And Afghan Taliban Have Resumed Peace Talks



DW: US resumes Taliban talks in Doha

The US has resumed talks with the Taliban in Qatar, a US source said, in a renewed bid to end the long war in Afghanistan. It comes months after the US president abruptly halted diplomatic engagement with the insurgents.

US talks with the Taliban were resurrected in the Qatari capital on Saturday, according to reports.

"The US rejoined talks today in Doha. The focus of discussion will be reduction of violence that leads to intra-Afghan negotiations and a ceasefire," a US source told the AFP news agency on Saturday.

The statement comes after the US special envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmai Khalilzad, made a two-day visit to Kabul to launch an "accelerated effort" to get Afghans on both sides of the conflict to the negotiating table to plot a road map to a post-war Afghanistan.

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More News On The U.S. And Afghan Taliban Resuming Peace Talks

US opens first round of resurrected peace talks with Taliban -- AP
Washington resumes talks with Taliban in Qatar, US source says -- France 24
Taliban says it has resumed peace talks with the US -- CNN
First round of resurrected US-Taliban peace talks open in Qatar -- Al Jazeera
US, Taliban resume peace talks after three-month lull -- Arab News

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