US Envoy Khalilzad Heads To Kabul, Doha For Peace Talks With Taliban - State Dept

US Envoy Khalilzad Heads to Kabul, Doha for Peace Talks with Taliban - State Dept

US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad departed on December 3 for Kabul and Doha to meet with Afghan officials and rejoin peace talks with the Taliban, the State Department announced in a press release on Wednesday

WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 04th December, 2019) US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad departed on December 3 for Kabul and Doha to meet with Afghan officials and rejoin peace talks with the Taliban, the State Department announced in a press release on Wednesday.

"In Kabul, Special Representative Khalilzad will meet with Afghan government representatives and other Afghan leaders to follow up on President Trump's recent visit and to discuss how best to support accelerated efforts to get all parties to intra-Afghan negotiations," the release said. "In Doha, Ambassador Khalilzad will rejoin talks with the Taliban to discuss steps that could lead to intra-Afghan negotiations and a peaceful settlement of the war, specifically a reduction in violence that leads to a ceasefire."