Al Jazeera: US-Taliban negotiations in Qatar enter fifth day
The two sides resumed talks this week after making significant progress in an earlier round of discussions in January.
Negotiations between the Taliban and the United States officials in Qatar entered the fifth day in an attempt to end the 17-year war in Afghanistan.
The talks mark the highest level negotiations between the two sides since the US ramped up peace efforts last year.
Cofounder of the Taliban, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, has joined the talks as the new head of the Taliban team. He met the US special representative, Zalmay Khalilzad, for the first time on Monday.
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Update: US, Taliban resume talks on draft agreement (DAWN)
WNU Editor: The U.S. side is very optimistic that progress is being made. I do not see it.
