KABUL – Afghan Taliban are seeking to change the venue of planned peacetalks with the United States this month.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed to media that the militantgroup has decided to cancel the meeting in Saudi Arabia, but did notprovide information about a new meeting venue.
Reportedly the next round of talks may be held in Qatar.
The upcoming negotiations, the fourth in a series aimed at ending the17-year war in Afghanistan, are scheduled between the leaders of theTaliban and U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad to discuss the withdrawalof foreign forces and a possible ceasefire this year.
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Leaders of the hardline group have rejected the Kabul government’s offerfor direct talks.
