US envoy heads to Qatar to press Taliban for end to offensive
INTERNATIONAL The United States envoy on Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, “will press the Taliban to stop their military offensive” at talks in Qatar’s capital this week, the Department of State announced after the armed group seized a string of Afghan provincial capitals. The department said in a statement on Monday that several planned rounds of meetings were scheduled over three days to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. “Ambassador Khalilzad will be […]
