Everyone Is Preparing For The Resumption Of Afghan Government - Taliban Peace Talks, But The Taliban Are Unaware Of These Talks

Mohammad Naim, the official spokesman for the Taliban's political office in Qatar. (file photo)

Washington Post: Afghan government, Taliban set to resume direct peace talks next week

KABUL — The Afghan government is expected to resume face-to-face talks with Taliban leaders next week in Pakistan, reviving a peace process that stalled this past summer after it was revealed that the insurgent group’s leader had been dead for years.

After meeting here in Kabul on Tuesday, U.S. diplomats and representatives from Afghanistan, Pakistan and China issued a joint statement inviting “all Taliban and other groups” to travel to Islamabad to participate in the talks.

Representatives of the four countries began meeting last month to explore ways to end a 14-year insurgency that Brown University’s Watson Center says has killed more than 90,000 Afghans.

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