Afghanistan hosts talks on peace platform after Taliban offer to U.S.


  • World
  • Tuesday, 27 Feb 2018

KABUL (Reuters) - Suicide attacks which killed around 150 people in Kabul last month have added urgency to diplomatic efforts to end more than 16 years of war in Afghanistan through talks with the Taliban.

Officials from around 25 countries in the "Kabul Process" are due to meet in the Afghan capital on Wednesday, giving President Ashraf Ghani a chance to present a vision for the way forward and lay out issues he may be willing to negotiate on.

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