United States has confirmed that its envoy is meeting in Qatar with the Taliban, seeking to negotiate an end to the Afghanistan war despite a new major attack claimed by the insurgents.<br />''<br />''State Department said, Zalmay Khalilzad, the US special representative on Afghan reconciliation, met in the Qatari capital Doha with Taliban representatives.<br />''<br />''A Taliban spokesman announced the meeting with Khalilzad on Monday, saying that the United States accepted an agenda of "ending the occupation of Afghanistan and preventing Afghanistan from being used against other countries in the future.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">President Donald Trump has ordered a halving of the 14,000 US troops in Afghanistan as he voices eagerness to end America's longest-ever war, launched in 2001 after the September 11 attacks.</span><br />