KABUL (Pajhwok): The United States and the Taliban will hold their first talks since the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the State Department said.
The US delegation will meet Saturday and Sunday in the Qatari capital Doha with senior Taliban representatives, a State Department spokesperson said.
US Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad, who has for years spearheaded US dialogue with the Taliban here and been a key figure in peace talks with the group, will not be part of the delegation.
The high-level US delegation would include officials from the State Department, USAID and the US intelligence community, he added.
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