KABUL reconciliation.
"The road ahead...will have challenges and difficulties, but we’re optimistic that finally we are moving forward to the start of the intra-Afghan negotiations," Zalmay Khalilzad said.
He told journalists in Washington on Monday that besides dealing with other problems, they were focused on setting the date and choosing the location for intra-Afghan talks.
Since the US-Taliban peace deal of February 29, the diplomat said, said Kabul had released up to 2,500 Taliban prisoners. In return, the . . .









