The Taliba­n had no immedi­ate reacti­on to Daudza­i's announ­cement­KABUL: Afghanistan is sending a delegation to “exchange views” with the Taliban in Qatar, an official said on Sunday, in an ongoing push to find a way out of the country’s 17-year-old war. Fresh talks are expected to take place in Doha later this month, where Taliban members are due to meet with Afghan officials and other stakeholders. “For now, an inclusive delegation will go (to the Qatari capital) on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and exchange views with the Taliban,” said Mohammad Omar Daudzai, President Ashraf Ghani’s envoy for peace. Daudzai stressed that the delegation will only serve to swap views with the Taliban, and its members would not necessarily be the same as a formal negotiating team. The Taliban had no immediate reaction to Daudzai’s announcement, which comes after US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad spent last week in Afghanistan as part of an ongoing push for a peace deal.

Source: The Express Tribune April 07, 2019 15:56 UTC