News Desk
The US special envoy for Afghanistan on Thursday demanded that all sides reduce violence, after shuttling from Kabul to the Gulf to push a peace effort that looks increasingly precarious.
The envoy, Afghan-born Zalmay Khalilzad, the architect of a February agreement with the Taliban clearing the way for a US troop withdrawal, met Taliban leaders in Doha on Wednesday, hours after meeting government leaders in Kabul.
“On violence, I told the Taliban, violence by all sides must fall,” Khalilzad said on Twitter. Violence has surged in recent days after a bloody militant raid in Kabul, which the Taliban denied responsibility.
