American and Taliban officials are meeting on Wednesday in Qatar to resume talks aimed at ending a 17-year war in Afghanistan, a Taliban official said. - GulfToday

Sixth round of US, Taliban peace talks begin today: Taliban spokesman

  • 01 May 2019
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The US State Department has already said its peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad will visit Doha this month to meet the Taliban. File photo/ AFP

American and Taliban officials are meeting on Wednesday in Qatar to resume talks aimed at ending a 17-year war in Afghanistan, a Taliban official said.

“We are expecting the meeting to start in the next two hours as the US delegation has already arrived,” Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban, told Reuters.

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