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Afghanistan
UAE says US-Taliban talks show 'positive' result
2018-12-20
[Al Jazeera] The United Arab Emirates said talks it is hosting between the United States and the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
have yielded "positive" results.
Has the government surrendered yet?
The US-Taliban "reconciliation talks" produced "tangible results that are positive for all parties concerned", the UAE's official WAM news agency said on Wednesday.

A new round of talks would be held in Abu Dhabi "to complete the Afghanistan reconciliation process", it said without providing further details.

The two days of meetings in the Emirati capital are Washington's latest attempt at ending Afghanistan's 17-year conflict, which has cost it nearly $1 trillion since 2011 when it led an invasion to overthrow the Taliban government of Afghanistan following the September 11 attacks.

President George W Bush's administration at the time accused the Afghan group of harbouring the late Osama bin Laden
... who is now beyond all cares and woe...
, the leader of al-Qaeda, which carried out the attacks.

The Taliban, which has not confirmed meeting Afghan officials, said it had held "preliminary talks" with the US envoy.

US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said he had "productive" meetings in the UAE with Afghan and international partners "to promote intra-Afghan dialogue towards ending the conflict".

Posted by:Fred

#1  We will break Afghanistan in half.
Posted by: newc   2018-12-20 06:40  

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