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The Taliban delegation arrives at a hotel in Qatar's Doha for peace talks with Afghanistan's government in a bid to end nearly two decades of war. The US-backed negotiations come six months later than planned owing to bitter disagreements over a controversial prisoner swap agreed in February. 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
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Doha for the start of long-delayed peace talks between the Taliban and Afghan government negotiators, President Donald Trump announces during a press conference at the White House. SOUNDBITE
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
Police install barricades outside the hotel Soria Moria in Oslo, where the Taliban are set to hold official talks with Western officials for the first time since returning to power in Afghanistan in August. Human rights and the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, where hunger threatens millions, will be in focus during the talks. IMAGES