Taliban kill at least 26 members of a pro-government militia in north Afghanistan as the militants and US negotiators prepared for a new round of peace talks in Qatar
Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, saying their fighters had killed 28 militiamen and wounded 12.
Two other main issues in the process are a ceasefire and talks between the rival Afghan sides - the insurgents and the Western-backed government. But the Taliban have refused to talk to the Afghan government, denouncing it as a "puppet". Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban group's top political leader, left, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the Taliban's chief negotiator, second left, and other members of the Taliban delegation speak to reporters prior to their talks in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 28, 2019. A Taliban leader in Qatar, who also declined to be identified, said the talks would be crucial.
Afghanistan is due to hold a presidential election this year but the militants reject the process and instead want to form an interim government. But President Ashraf Ghani and leaders of opposition political parties have rejected the demand.
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