Afghanistan's official peace council called for the long halting talks on a settlement to decades of

2013. Officials said Mr.... Ghani is “ steadfast in his resolve to make the peace talks succeed.” On

his delegation attend the opening session of the peace talks between the Afghan government and the

.S. laid out with the Taliban in February, in talks that excluded the Afghan government.... Ghani

12 in Doha, Qatar, increasing by 45 percent in the final quarter of 2020 versus the same time period in 2019.... Another 9 percent was attributed to undetermined anti-government elements.... It was the lowest number in that category since 2009. After the February 2020 agreement, the Taliban refrained from attacking American or other NATO forces....

Despite the direct talks between Taliban and the US, the Russian peace efforts are establishing

“ The Afghan government has taken all necessary steps to show its commitment for the peace process

Some faced more violent deaths, blown up in suicide bombings that have become a trademark of the war’s brutality.... Gailani arrived in Doha, Qatar’s capital, in September as one of the 20 negotiators on the government’s side facing the Taliban, who reached a deal in February that started a United States military withdrawal.... She got to Qatar just a week after her third surgery for throat cancer, her voice still hoarse. The last time Afghanistan was at such an inflection point, it was in the

KABUL, Afghanistan — After four decades of grinding combat in Afghanistan, peace negotiations

WASHINGTON( Reuters)-The Taliban and the Kabul government are far apart in U.S.-backed talks on