KABUL – The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation ZalmayKhalilzad reveals details of crucial talks with Afghan Taliban.
Khalilzad wrapped up another round of talks with the Taliban members inQatar where, he said, the two sides made “steady but slow progress onaspects on the framework for ending the Afghan war”.
Khalilzad, who provided the information about the talks on Twitter, did notgo into more details about the result of the sixth round of the talksbetween the two sides, but said: “we are getting into the ‘nitty gritty’”,TOLO News has reported.
“We made steady but slow progress on aspects of the framework for endingthe Afghan war. We are getting into the ‘nitty gritty’. The devil is alwaysin the details,” he said in a tweet.
He said the current pace of talks “is not sufficient when so much conflictrages and innocent people die”.
“We need more and faster progress. Our proposal for all sides to reduceviolence also remains on the table,” Khalilzad added.
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However, the Taliban seemed optimistic as they called the talks productiveand constructive in a statement released on Thursday evening.
The statement said the two sides discussed issues they agreed in draft inthe fifth round of talks and that progress was made on some of them, notall the issues.
The key issues under debate were foreign forces withdrawal, ceasefire,counterterrorism assurances, and intra-Afghan dialogue.
The two sides agreed in draft on counterterrorism assurances and foreignforces withdrawal from Afghanistan in the fifth round of the talks inmid-March.
