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Taliban: Discussions Continue With US on Afghan Peace Deal

Ayaz Gul

   ISLAMABAD - The Taliban said Friday its latest meetings with
   representatives of the United States in Qatar have discussed the
   signing of a peace deal between the two adversaries to end their
   18-year-old Afghan war.

   The insurgent group's assertions come two days after its political
   envoys in the Qatari capital, Doha, offered a brief partial cease-fire
   in a bid to end the latest deadly violence in their troubled direct
   dialogue with American interlocutors.

   The Taliban negotiating team's spokesman, Suhail Shaheen, said on
   Twitter that both sides discussed "matters related to the ceremony of
   the signing of the agreement" in meetings over the past two days.

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