Taliban say team in Qatar for Afghan peace talks
The Taliban's negotiating team has arrived in Qatar, a spokesman said yesterday, in a sign that long-delayed peace talks with the Afghan government are inching closer to starting. A date for the talks, to be hosted in Doha, has not been set but the warring sides have this week made signals that negotiations could launch soon, including efforts to wrap up a drawn out prisoner exchange. The Afghan government's negotiating team remained in Kabul yesterday, but a logistics team landed in Doha earlier this week. Faraidoon Khawzoon, a spokesman for the Afghan government's reconciliation council, said its negotiating team was ready for talks. "The release of the prisoners is completed and there is no excuse for delaying the talks," he tweeted. "But the Taliban don't seem to be ready for the talks. We expect the Taliban to get ready and start the negotiations."
Source: AFP
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