Taliban Says 'Close' To A Peace Deal With The U.S.

Undated handout picture of US, Taliban and Qatar officials during a meeting for peace talks in Doha. © Reuters / Qatari Foreign Ministry

Al Jazeera: US and Taliban 'close' to a peace deal: Afghan group's spokesman

Taliban's political spokesman in Qatar says the two sides 'close' to finalising an agreement that ends the 18-year war.

Doha, Qatar - The Taliban and the United States are "close" to finalising a peace agreement in their talks in the Qatari capital aimed at ending the 18-year Afghanistan war, the group's representative has said.

Speaking to Al Jazeera, the Taliban's political spokesman in Doha, Suhail Shaheen, said the two sides were finalising the agreement during the ninth round of negotiations, which entered their seventh day on Wednesday.

"The talks continue today [Wednesday] and we have reached the last point of the agreement," Shaheen told Al Jazeera.

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