The United States and the Taliban have resumed peace talks in the Qatari capital of Doha, a Taliban spokesman tweeted
"On Saturday talks between the Taliban and US started from where they stopped," Suhail Shaheen said, adding that Anas Haqqani, a former Taliban prisoner who was released in a swap last month, participated in Saturday's talks as a negotiation member. The announcement comes more than a week after President Donald Trump made a surprise Thanksgiving visit to US troops in Afghanistan and said talks had restarted. He told troops at the time that"the Taliban wants to make a deal.
Following that meeting, Ghani tweeted that"both sides underscored that if the Taliban are sincere in their commitment to reaching a peace deal, they must accept a ceasefire. We also emphasized that for any peace to last, terrorist safe havens outside Afghanistan must be dismantled."Read MoreCNN has reached out to the State Department for reaction.
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