The Afghan government’s negotiating team and the Taliban leadership met inQatar on Friday to discuss speeding up peace talks, after months of stallednegotiations, officials on both sides said.
“Today a meeting was held in Doha between the delegations of bothnegotiating sides,” the Afghan government’s peace team tweeted.
The parties “emphasized speeding up the peace talks in Doha”, it added.
In a similar statement posted to Twitter, the Taliban said “both sidesagreed to continue the talks after (Eid al-Fitr)”.
A three-day ceasefire agreed by the warring sides came into force onThursday to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid, after weeks of deadly violence.
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Despite unprecedented talks opening in September in Qatar, they havestruggled to make headway.
Turkey was scheduled to hold an Afghanistan conference in late April but itwas postponed indefinitely because the Taliban declined to attend.
They were protesting a delay in the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, whichWashington pushed back from May 1 to September 11.
