Afghanistan: Taliban Aim to Present Written Peace Plan at Talks as soon as Next Month

The Taliban plan to present a written peace proposal to the Afghan government side as soon as next month, a spokesman for the Islamist insurgents said even as they make major territorial gains in the breach left by departing foreign forces. Afghan gov’t welcomes move to ‘understand what they want’ Warring sides resume long-stalled peace talks in Qatar Discussions to be ‘accelerated’ in coming days -Taliban Taliban seizing ever more territory as foreign forces go Hundreds of Afghan security force members have fled into neighboring Tajikistan in the face of Taliban advances since the United States vacated its main Afghan…