Doha Peace Talks

Qatari, Egyptian and U.S. leaders called on Israel and Hamas to resume urgent talks on Aug. 15 either in Doha or Cairo to bridge all remaining gaps in the proposed Gaza ceasefire agreement.

Former Afghan vice-president Amrullah Saleh said that the peace negotiations between Kabul and the Taliban became "the beginning of the end" for the country.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Afghan government and Taliban negotiators in Doha, calling for them to speed up their peace talks as Washington accelerates its military withdrawal from Afghanistan.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Afghan government negotiators converged on Doha Friday ahead of what promise to be lengthy and difficult peace talks with the Taliban after 19 years of war.

Afghan government negotiators left for Doha on Friday to begin what promise to be lengthy and difficult peace talks with the Taliban after nearly two decades of grinding war that have left tens of thousands dead.

US and Taliban negotiators are "at the threshold of an agreement" to end 18 years of conflict between them, Washington's top negotiator said Sunday as he concluded their latest talks.

A new round of peace talks between the Taliban and the US starts Wednesday in Qatar, an official for the insurgents said, as the foes seek a way out of America's longest war.

Hopes for a breakthrough in a push to end Afghanistan's gruelling conflict suffered a major setback Friday after a key summit between the Taliban and Afghan officials was indefinitely postponed.

A meeting between a senior U.S. diplomat and Taliban representatives in Doha last week to discuss a possible ceasefire ended with "very positive signals" and a decision to hold more meetings, people with knowledge of the talks said on Sunday.

A US envoy said on Monday that Washington still hoped to talk directly with the Taliban to support an Afghan peace deal but that the militants seemed unwilling to do so.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai today pitched for a joint campaign against extremism with Pakistan and sought its cooperation to jumpstart the peace process with the Taliban in his war-torn country.

Taliban militants attacked key buildings near Afghanistan's presidential palace and the CIA headquarters in Kabul, a brazen assault that could derail attempts for peace talks to end 12 years of war.

An Afghan spokesman says President Hamid Karzai is willing to join peace talks with the Taliban if the US follows through with promises he says were made by Secretary of State John Kerry in a phone call.

The Taliban's spokesman in Qatar said representatives of the Afghan insurgency would meet US officials for preliminary peace talks on Thursday but no time had been set.

After much talk about talking to the Taliban, it's now dateline Doha on Thursday when the US will begin face to face official dialogue with the Afghan militant group. But, how credible are the latest efforts to bring political peace to Afghanistan and what are the contours of the arrangement?

Qatari, Egyptian and U.S. leaders called on Israel and Hamas to resume urgent talks on Aug. 15 either in Doha or Cairo to bridge all remaining gaps in the proposed Gaza ceasefire agreement.

Former Afghan vice-president Amrullah Saleh said that the peace negotiations between Kabul and the Taliban became "the beginning of the end" for the country.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Afghan government and Taliban negotiators in Doha, calling for them to speed up their peace talks as Washington accelerates its military withdrawal from Afghanistan.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Afghan government negotiators converged on Doha Friday ahead of what promise to be lengthy and difficult peace talks with the Taliban after 19 years of war.

Afghan government negotiators left for Doha on Friday to begin what promise to be lengthy and difficult peace talks with the Taliban after nearly two decades of grinding war that have left tens of thousands dead.

US and Taliban negotiators are "at the threshold of an agreement" to end 18 years of conflict between them, Washington's top negotiator said Sunday as he concluded their latest talks.

A new round of peace talks between the Taliban and the US starts Wednesday in Qatar, an official for the insurgents said, as the foes seek a way out of America's longest war.

Hopes for a breakthrough in a push to end Afghanistan's gruelling conflict suffered a major setback Friday after a key summit between the Taliban and Afghan officials was indefinitely postponed.

A meeting between a senior U.S. diplomat and Taliban representatives in Doha last week to discuss a possible ceasefire ended with "very positive signals" and a decision to hold more meetings, people with knowledge of the talks said on Sunday.

A US envoy said on Monday that Washington still hoped to talk directly with the Taliban to support an Afghan peace deal but that the militants seemed unwilling to do so.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai today pitched for a joint campaign against extremism with Pakistan and sought its cooperation to jumpstart the peace process with the Taliban in his war-torn country.

Taliban militants attacked key buildings near Afghanistan's presidential palace and the CIA headquarters in Kabul, a brazen assault that could derail attempts for peace talks to end 12 years of war.

An Afghan spokesman says President Hamid Karzai is willing to join peace talks with the Taliban if the US follows through with promises he says were made by Secretary of State John Kerry in a phone call.

The Taliban's spokesman in Qatar said representatives of the Afghan insurgency would meet US officials for preliminary peace talks on Thursday but no time had been set.

After much talk about talking to the Taliban, it's now dateline Doha on Thursday when the US will begin face to face official dialogue with the Afghan militant group. But, how credible are the latest efforts to bring political peace to Afghanistan and what are the contours of the arrangement?