US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad is currently on a 11-day trip, traveling to Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia as a special representative. He met with a Taliban delegation in order to discuss the ending of the 17 years long Afghan conflict. It is the first official confirmation talk between the two parties. This meeting was pushed by the Trump Administrative in order to end the long conflict, says Wall Street Journal. The meeting had taken place in Friday and is said to continue by the Taliban who reported it to the journalists. This journalists cited another person stating that there was a second meeting Doha between the US officials and the Taliban representatives, and officials stated that there were positive signals from the meetings. However, the State Department said nothing regarding the meeting.
- Sangay Chhoki
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/10/envoy-afghan-peace-meets-taliban-officials-qatar-181013084549975.html
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