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Dozens of powerful Afghans conclude two-days of talks with the Taliban in Doha, laying the foundations for renewed negotiations between the US and the militants. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announces he will travel to Qatar next week to discuss the situation in Afghanistan with evacuated Afghans and Qatari leader. SOUNDBITE
Russia is hosting Afghan peace talks, hoping to cement its role as a powerbroker ahead of a looming deadline for US troops to withdraw from Afghanistan. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with a Taliban delegation on the first day of peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government in Qatar. The talks will be arduous and complex, delegates acknowledged at an opening ceremony in Doha, and are starting even as deadly violence continues to grip Afghanistan. IMAGES
Historic peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban seeking to end 19 years of war opens in Doha. The US-backed negotiations come six months later than planned owing to bitter disagreements over a controversial prisoner swap agreed in February. IMAGES