Historic peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban seeking to end 19 years of war open in Qatar capital Doha
Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah arrives for an intra-Afghan talks in Doha, Qatar on September 12, 2020.
Historic peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban seeking to end 19 years of war have opened in Doha. Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani opened the negotiations on Saturday at a ceremony in a luxury Doha hotel, flanked by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Washington's Afghanistan special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad.
The long-warring parties "must make the decisive decision in line with the current challenges and rise above all form of division... by reaching an agreement on the basis of no victor and no vanquished," the minister said.
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