Undated Handout picture of U.S., Taliban and Qatar officials during a meeting for peace talks in Doha, Qatar. Qatari Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
The Hill: US, Taliban officials discussing resumption of peace talks: report
U.S. and Afghan Taliban officials have started conversations aimed at resuming peace talks that collapsed last month, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.
U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad met with the Taliban earlier this month in Pakistan, discussing a potential prisoner swap or cutbacks in violence, the Journal reported.
It was the first meeting with the Taliban in a month, the newspaper noted, adding that Khalilzad also met with international diplomats in New York late last month to go over similar issues.
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Update #1: U.S. Moves to Restart Taliban Peace Process (The Wall Street Journal)
Update #2: US meets Taliban in attempt to revive Afghanistan talks (The Telegraph)
WNU Editor: Nothing has changed since the breakdown of talks with the Taliban. This attempt to resume talks will also go nowhere.
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The Taliban will be more intransigent after the Syria pullout. War or no war, the bill for their household is being met so they have no onus to do anything but act like alpha apes temporarily out of power and with a bad temper to boot.
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