The Taliban have held multiple rounds of peace talks with the American team but have so far refused to talk to the Afghan government.
DOHA: US and Taliban negotiators wrapped up their longest round of peace talks on Tuesday with progress made but no agreement on when foreign troops might withdraw, officials from both sides said.
Khalilzad, an Afghan-born veteran US diplomat, said the sides made progress on discussions about counter-terrorism assurances and a troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. “When the agreement in draft about a withdrawal timeline and effective counter-terrorism measures is finalised, the Taliban and other Afghans, including the government, will begin intra-Afghan negotiations on a political settlement and comprehensive ceasefire,” Khalilzad said.
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. “We appreciate how difficult it is to end 18 years of war. Qatar looks forward to resumption of the talks in the coming weeks,” said Qatar’s lead mediator Mutlaq Bin Majid Al-Qahtani.Khalilzad said he would return to Washington to brief US and international officials.
The United States has been pushing the Taliban to agree to a ceasefire and to talk with Afghanistan’s government, which the militant group considers a US puppet regime.
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