<span style="color: #222222;">A fresh round of talks between the United States and the Taliban is to begin in Qatar today.&nbsp; US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had recently said Washington is hoping for an Afghan peace agreement before September 1.&nbsp;<br />'' <br />'' The focus of the talks will be on the withdrawal of U.S. troops and Taliban guarantees to prevent Afghanistan from again hosting militants who can stage global attacks.<br />''<br />''The latest round of talks comes amid heightened expectations that followed Pompeo's optimistic time frame for a pact to end Afghanistan's nearly two decades long war and America's longest-running military engagement.</span><br />
News On AIR | June 29, 2019 1:35 PM
Fresh round of talks between US, Taliban is to begin in Qatar today