Wall Street Journal: Afghan, Taliban Officials Recently Met to Discuss Efforts to End War
Militant group says it hasn’t agreed to enter into official peace process.
KABUL—An Afghan government delegation recently met with Taliban members in Qatar to discuss efforts to end the country’s long-running war, officials said, after peace talks collapsed last year.
The high-level meeting at the end of February was held discreetly in the capital Doha to discuss a possible announcement about restarting official peace talks, one of the officials briefed on the meeting told The Wall Street Journal.
“That was the deal, that they wouldn’t simply reject that they’re going to meet [us] face to face [for official talks],” a senior Afghan government official said.
“I heard from both sides that it was positive meeting,” said a person close to the Taliban, commenting on the outcome of the discussions.
Still, despite efforts by Afghan delegates to reach out to the Taliban, the militant group on Saturday said it hadn’t agreed to enter into an official peace process. “Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour did not authorize any group member to participate,” the group said in a statement.
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