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US, Taliban to hold first talks since Afghanistan withdrawal
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WASHINGTON, 10 October 2021, (TON): Officials from both sides said “senior Taliban officials and US representatives are to hold talks Saturday and Sunday about containing extremist groups in Afghanistan and easing the evacuation of foreign citizens and Afghans from the country.”
It's the first such meeting since US forces withdrew from Afghanistan in late August, ending a 20-year military presence there, and the Taliban's rise to power in the nation.
The talks are to take place in Doha, the capital of the Persian Gulf state of Qatar.
'Talks to revisit the peace accord of 2020'
Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen, who is based in Doha, told The Associated Press on Saturday that the talks will also revisit the peace agreement the Taliban signed with Washington in 2020.
The agreement had paved the way for the final US withdrawal.
Shaheen said "yes there is a meeting... about bilateral relations and implementation of the Doha agreement, it covers various topics."
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