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Nangarhar (Afghanistan), Apr 14 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Ghulamullah Habibi) .- The Taliban threatened on Wednesday to boycott all peace negotiations for Afghanistan and resume their attacks against international troops if the United States does not withdraw its effective before the May 1 deadline.FOOTAGE OF THE AFGHANISTAN ARMY IN NANGARHAR.
Russia is hosting Afghan peace talks, hoping to cement its role as a powerbroker ahead of a looming deadline for US troops to withdraw from Afghanistan. IMAGES
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 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
Zalmay Khalilzad, the US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, says "it will be better for Afghanistan if we could get a peace agreement before the election, which is scheduled in July." SOUNDBITE
The UN envoy for Yemen says that upcoming "consultations" between the warring parties in Geneva offer a "flickering signal of hope" after years of conflict. SOUNDBITE
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