'Encouraging' US-Taliban Talks

US diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad has been leading talks with the Taliban in Qatar, but there remain a number of crucial issues that could block a peace deal.

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(Photo: An Afghan security officer secure the area of a collapsed building of National Directorate of Security in central Maidan Wardak province, Afghanistan on 21 January, 2019. Credit: Sabawoon/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)