US envoy says ‘real strides’ made in talks with Taliban

US envoy says ‘real strides’ made in talks with Taliban https://ift.tt/2tquErD Washington: US and Taliban negotiators wrapped up their latest round of marathon peace talks on Tuesday with "real strides" made but no agreement on a timetable for troop withdrawal, the US special envoy said."Just finished a marathon round of talks with the Taliban in #Doha. The conditions for #peace have improved. It´s clear all sides want to end the war. Despite ups and downs, we kept things on track and made real strides," Zalmay Khalilzad tweeted.Khalilzad said the next step would be discussions in Washington, adding that "there is no final agreement until everything is agreed."

March 12, 2019 at 10:31AM