KABUL as the most substantive talks to date
“We’ve received reports back from Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad that they’ve had meaningful progress,” the department’s deputy spokesman said on Tuesday.
Robert Palladino told a news conference in Washington the Taliban had agreed that peace would require both sides to fully address four core issues: counterterrorism assurances, troop withdrawal, intra-Afghan dialogue and a ceasefire.
He added "In this round of talks, we were able to move to agreement in draft on the . . .
