Pompeo meets with Taliban negotiators in Qatar ahead of US troop withdrawal
By DW
23 November 2020 |
4:11 pm
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with negotiators from the Afghan government and the Taliban separately in Doha. A senior official said negotiators were "very close" to breaking a longstanding deadlock.
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