April 14 (The Killid Group) – The Taliban officials met with U.S. envoy and commander of Resolute Support and U.S. troops late on Monday in Qatar, the Taliban spokesperson tweeted.
Suhail Shaheen, a spokesman for the Taliban office in Doha, said on Twitter that U.S. Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad and U.S. Army General Scott Miller met with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the deputy leader of the insurgent movement and its chief negotiator.
According to him, the two sides discussed the “complete implementation” of the U.S.-Taliban pact signed on February, as well as the delay in the release of the prisoners.
“Violations of the Agreement and other issues and ways of their solutions were also discussed in the meeting,” Shaheen added.
Earlier Monday, the U.S. State Department announced that Khalilzad was to meet with Taliban officials “to discuss current challenges in implementing the U.S.-Taliban Agreement.”
The meeting came three days after Gen. Miller met with the Taliban officials in Doha to discuss the violation of U.S.-Taliban peace accord.
A spokesman for U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Sonny Leggett, also confirmed local media the visit between Gen. Scott Miller and the Taliban in Doha, adding that both sides discussed “reduction in violence.”
The meetings with the Taliban comes as the armed Taliban have been constantly accusing the U.S. of violating the agreement and have warned that it could lead to jeopardizing the peace agreement.
Under the accord, the United States and the Taliban are committed to work expeditiously to release combat and political prisoners as a confidence-building measure, with the coordination and approval of all relevant sides.
The agreement calls for the release of up to 5,000 jailed Taliban prisoners who were set to be released in exchange for up to 1,000 Afghan government captives by March 10, but the process was delayed due to several reasons.
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