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Pompeo leaves for Doha to attend opening ceremony of Afghan peace talks
(Last Updated On: September 11, 2020)
US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo will travel to Qatar Friday to attend the opening ceremony of Afghanistan peace negotiations on Saturday, the US State Department announced overnight.
“The start of these negotiations follows intense diplomatic efforts, including the US-Taliban Agreement and the US-Afghanistan Joint Declaration, which were agreed to in February,” read the statement.
This comes after weeks of delays over the start to intra-Afghan negotiations.
However, the statement was released just hours after six high-risk Taliban prisoners were transferred to a facility in Doha on Thursday.
The fate of the six prisoners had been a stumbling block in the way of the start to talks.