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| Taliban say they spoke with a US official for peace negotiations |
| 2018-07-29 |
| [DAWN] A senior Taliban ...Arabic for students... official says the murderous Moslem group has held the first direct talks with a U.S. official in a preliminary discussion about future plans for peace negotiations. This week's meeting with Alice Wells, the U.S.'s top diplomat for South Asia, was an attempt to jump-start talks on ending Washington's longest military engagement, a senior Taliban official told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named early Saturday. U.S. officials neither confirmed nor denied a meeting took place. The Taliban have long demanded direct talks with Washington. "The discussion was preliminary, initial and both discussed a future meeting and contacts," said the official on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. |
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