DOHA: US and Taliban negotiators wrapped up their longest round of consecutive peace talks on Tuesday (Mar 12) with progress made but no agreement ...
have improved. It’s clear all sides want to end the war. Despite ups and downs, we kept things on track and made real strides.The Taliban have held multiple rounds of peace talks with the American team led by Khalilzad but have so far rejected the offer to discuss the issue with the Afghan government.
A spokesman for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani tweeted that he hoped to see a long-term ceasefire agreement and the start of direct talks between the government and Taliban soon. About 14,000 US troops are based in Afghanistan as part of a US-led NATO mission to train, assist and advise Afghan forces. Some US forces carry out counter-terrorism operations.
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