Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 5, 2019 Taliban negotiators say they have met in Pakistan with Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. peace envoy for Afghanistan, for the first time since President Donald Trump in September called the peace process “dead.” A Taliban representative on October 5 said the meeting took place between Khalilzad and the Taliban
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 3, 2019 ISLAMABAD – Pakistan says that visiting U.S. and Taliban delegates will hold a direct bilateral meeting to discuss resumption of peace talks aimed at ending the nearly two decades of conflict in neighboring Afghanistan. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, while making the announcement, told reporters Islamabad is optimistic
1TV: “If we didn’t accept the Soviet rule – superpower – it would be beyond imagination to accept the proxy of a backward country which has a hard time feeding its own people,” Mohib said speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations, a US think tank in New York. Mohib welcomed US President Donald Trump’s
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 2, 2019 ISLAMABAD – U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban political negotiators have arrived in neighboring Pakistan amid a renewed diplomatic push to resurrect peace talks between Washington and the insurgent group. The Taliban delegation arrived in Islamabad early Wednesday hours after the Khalilzad-led team landed
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 23, 2019 ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said Monday he wants the United States to restart peace talks with the Afghan Taliban. Khan spoke at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, before he met with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the U.N. General
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 22,, 2019 ISLAMABAD – A visiting Afghan Taliban delegation held talks with senior officials in China Sunday to discuss the Islamist insurgent group’s now defunct peace negotiations with the United States. The insurgent visit comes two weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump had abruptly called off his administration’s months-long peace
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 19, 2019 Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan, will brief a House of Representatives committee on peace negotiations in a compromise after the panel subpoenaed him in frustration over his refusal to meet with its members. The House Foreign Affairs Committee said that Khalilzad will hold a classified
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 18, 2019 ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan says he will urge U.S. President Donald Trump to resume talks with the Taliban to help bring peace to Afghanistan when he meets with him next week on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. Khan told reporters Wednesday his country
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 18, 2019 The Taliban has said the “doors are open” to resuming talks with the United States despite continuing violence ahead of a presidential election in Afghanistan. The Taliban’s chief negotiator, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, made the statement after two recent attacks claimed by the militants killed at least 48
Tolo News: “The Taliban has never been hit harder than it is being hit right now. Killing 12 people, including one great American soldier, was not a good idea. There are much better ways to set up a negotiation. The Taliban knows they made a big mistake, and they have no idea how to recover!” said