U.S. Looks to Build on Secret Portions of Taliban Deal to Reduce Violence
In the final weeks before the U.S. is set to withdraw from Afghanistan, officials are trying to negotiate with the insurgent group and stave off a Taliban spring offensive.
American service members flying over Helmand Province in Afghanistan in 2019.Credit...Jim Huylebroek for The New York Times
April 4, 2021Updated 11:23 a.m. ET
DOHA, Qatar — U.S. diplomats are trying to build on parts of the peace deal made with the Taliban last year, specifically the classified portions that outlined what military actions — on both sides — were supposed to be prohibited under the signed agreement, according to American, Afghan and Taliban officials.