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The US will engage in its first formal direct talks with the Talibanon Thursday, according to officials, in a milestone on the road to peace after more than a decade of war.
The first meeting will take place in Doha, the Qatari capital, after the Taliban opened their first official overseas office and Washington dropped its long-standing demand that the movement renounce ties withal-Qaeda as a precondition for the talks.
“The US will have its first formal meeting with the Taliban, and indeed first meeting with the Taliban for several years, in a couple of days in Doha,” a senior official with Obama administration said.
Afghan peace negotiators will also travel to Qatar for talks, according to President Hamid Karzai, speaking as Nato officially transferred authority to Afghan national forces on the ground in Afghanistan.
How can you cut deals with the Taliban when they wont renounce Al Qaeda- we are getting screeeeewwwed!!!
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