Sources within the Afghan Taliban, first round of peace talks between Afghan Taliban and US to be held in Qatar later in the day.
According to a senior member of the Afghan Taliban said by telephone from Qatar.“The first session will take place today in Qatar and then there would be another session on Friday. Let us see what happens as talks before did not yield any results,”
Senior Pakistani army and diplomatic officials also confirmed that the Afghan Taliban have signaled through the Pakistani military that they are willing to open peace talks.
The official also added that army chief of staff, Raheel Sharif, told Ghani during a visit this week that the Taliban were willing to begin negotiations as early as March.
There was no immediate comment available from US or Qatari officials.
