US-Taliban talks: The US State Department stated that US officials engaged in talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban in Qatar for two days on Monday. During these discussions, Washington expressed its willingness to hold technical talks on economic stability and explore measures to combat narcotics trafficking. The Taliban officials raised two key issues: first, the lifting of … Read more
WASHINGTON: The United States and the Taliban will hold their first in-person talks since the US withdrawal from Afghanistan starting Saturday (Oct 9), the State Department said. The US delegation will meet Saturday and Sunday in the Qatari capital Doha with senior Taliban representatives, a State Department spokesperson said. The United States has remained in … Read more
Sirajuddin Haqqani, chief of Haqqani group targeting US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan, has given hints that partnerships with the United States are expected in the future if Washington agrees on peace deal and commitments. Haqqani network chief and deputy commander of Afghan Taliban Sirajuddin Haqqani wrote an opinion piece on a US news website New … Read more
The United States special envoy to Afghanistan has shown the Afghan president the draft of an agreement between the US and the Taliban after almost a year of negotiations with the group, Afghan officials said. The president’s spokesman, told on Monday that the US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad shared “key details” of the US-Taliban draft agreement … Read more
