Afghanistan government and Taliban agree to hold their first-ever peace talks in Doha; no date set yet - officials
The Afghan government has released 3,000 Taliban prisoners so far under an agreement signed between the United States and the insurgent group in February.
That deal outlined a roadmap for withdrawing foreign forces from Afghanistan and peace talks to end the 19-year war. The government wants talks to begin as soon as possible but has issues with the release of a few hundred high-profile Taliban prisoners, a senior government official told Reuters.The spokesman for the Afghan Presidential Palace, Sediq Sediqqi, said on Twitter that Doha had been agreed as the venue for the first talks but said no permanent venue had been agreed.
The Qatari capital was the venue for signing the deal between the United States and Taliban. The insurgent group has had a political office in Doha since 2013.
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