Nations aim for Afghan peace talks with Taliban by end-February


  • World
  • Sunday, 07 Feb 2016

File photo of Taliban fighters training with their weapons in an undisclosed location in Afghanistan July 14, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer/Files

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Officials from the four nations seeking to end Afghanistan's 15-year-old war agreed on Saturday to press for direct talks between Taliban groups and the U.S.-backed government in Kabul by the end of the month.

Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United States and China have for weeks been trying to lay the groundwork for talks with the Taliban, which has made gains since the withdrawal of NATO troops from Afghanistan in 2014.

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