Afghanistan Peace Conference Opens In Moscow

Mullah Baradar (center), the Taliban's deputy leader and chief negotiator, arrives at the Moscow conference on March 18. 

RFE: Afghan Peace Conference Opens In Moscow 

Representatives of the Afghan government, the Taliban, and several major countries have gathered in Moscow to push for a reduction in violence to advance the peace process in Afghanistan. 

"We hope that today's conversation will help create conditions for achieving progressive inter-Afghan negotiations," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on March 18 in his opening remarks at the meeting -- the first of three planned international conferences ahead of a May 1 deadline for the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops from the country. 

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WNU Editor: I have zero expectations from this summit. 

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