The US accord with the Taliban, negotiated by former US President Donald Trump and implemented by former US Vice President Joe Biden, was the “single most crucial element” in the fast collapse of Afghanistan’s forces when US soldiers left last year. As it did in Vietnam decades ago, the US “spent years and billions of … Read more
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said a peace agreement between the United States and Afghan Taliban will hopefully be signed in Doha tomorrow. In a statement issued in Doha today, he said representatives from fifty countries, including foreign ministers of different countries, will be attending the signing ceremony. The Minister said Pakistan has been invited … Read more
The United States and Afghan Taliban group resumed their eighth round of talks in the Qatari capital of Doha here on Sunday, hoping to halt 18 years of fighting. According to a Taliban source, efforts were under way to organize a direct meeting between the U.S. envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad and Mullah Baradar, a … Read more
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad arrived in Islamabad and met Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi here on Thursday. Zalmay Khalilzad also briefed the Foreign Minister about the progress of the seventh round of US-Taliban peace talks in Doha and details of his recent visit to Kabul. Speaking on the occasion, Shah Mehmood … Read more
