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October 7, 2019

U.S. Meets with Taliban for First Time Since Trump Canceled Afghan Peace Talks
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U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad met with the Afghan Taliban in
Pakistan on Friday for the first time since President Trump publicly
called off talks last month aimed at ending the longest war in U.S.
history. The informal talks in Islamabad came after the Taliban took
credit for a series of deadly attacks that disrupted September's
presidential election, which saw less than a quarter of eligible voters
cast ballots. The renewed peace talks don't include members of the
Kabul-based Afghan government.


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