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US-Taliban talks
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- U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad met with the Taliban’s top political leader in Doha in what is believed to be the highest level engagement between the U.S. and the Taliban since the months-long peace push began.
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- Draft framework: Marathon talks last month saw the two sides walk away with a “draft framework” that included a Taliban vow to prevent Afghanistan from becoming a haven for international terror groups.
- No accord reached: There was no accord on a U.S. withdrawal or a ceasefire.
- Sidelining Afghanistan government: The Afghanistan government has voiced increasingly loud fears it was being sidelined from the talks.
- Presence of the influential leader: It remained unclear what role Mr. Baradar would have during the talks, but the presence of the influential leader widely believed to carry popular support across the Taliban’s myriad factions set expectations high.
Source
The Hindu