Secretary of State Mike Pompeo welcomed long-awaited ‘historic’ peace talks between the Afghan government and the insurgent Taliban while on his way to the opening event in Qatar's capital of Doha
KABUL - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in Doha on Friday, ahead of “historic” long-awaited Afghan peace negotiations scheduled to launch the following day.
United States Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad told journalists on a conference call on Friday that the negotiations would be a “test for both sides.” After Saturday’s events, actual talks are expected to begin between the Afghan government representatives and the Taliban, as envisaged in a February agreement between the militant group the United States.
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