The Afghan Government And The Taliban Have Started Two-Days Of High-Level Talks In Pakistan

Ashraf Ghani, the Afghan president. He has been severely criticised at home for enlisting Pakistani help to bring the Taliban to the negotiations. Photograph: Mohammad Ismail/Reuters

Wall Street Journal: Kabul and Taliban Begin Two-Days of High-Level Talks

Discussions offer hope formal peace process to end long-running conflict may begin soon

KABUL—Afghan government officials and Taliban representatives on Tuesday began two days of discussions in Pakistan, Afghan officials said, signaling a possible start to a formal peace process.

The meeting was one of the highest-level contacts between the two warring parties in recent years, offering more hope that a formal peace process aimed at ending the long-running conflict could soon begin.

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