Russia will facilitate the resumption of negotiations between the Taliban movement and the United States, Russian presidential envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said Thursday
UNITED NATIONS (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 26th September, 2019) Russia will facilitate the resumption of negotiations between the Taliban movement and the United States, Russian presidential envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said Thursday.Kabulov met with US Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. The Russian diplomat� said that Khalilzad reaffirmed the US drive to resume the peace talks with Taliban.
"We agreed to work together. We will help ensure that this [the resumption of US-Taliban talks] happens as soon as possible," Kabulov told reporters.
Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump announced that the peace talks with the Taliban were "dead" after the group had claimed responsibility for a terrorist attack in Kabul that killed a US serviceman.
