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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
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
Jalalabad (Afghanistan), Sep 16 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMERA: Ghulamullah Habibi). Dozens of Afghan women gathered to protest Wednesday to take an active role in the debate on the peace talks taking place in Doha between the Taliban and the Kabul government.
Jalalabad, Sep 16 (EFE/EPA).- Dozens of women gathered on Wednesday in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad for a peaceful protest to defend their rights saying they want to be part of the peace process. Peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban began earlier this week. (Camera: GHULAMULLAH HABIBI).SHOT LIST: WOMEN GATHER FOR A PROTEST TO DEMAND PRESERVATION OF THEIR RIGHTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS, IN JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN.SOUND BITE: MUQADASA SALARZIA, THE CHIEF OF FEMALE'S FOUNDATION IN JALALABAD.TRANSLATION: We want peace in Afghanistan. We stand to support the Afghan forces and to give each other a hand to get peace. (00:38-01:06).
Historic peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban seeking to end 19 years of war opens in Doha. The US-backed negotiations come six months later than planned owing to bitter disagreements over a controversial prisoner swap agreed in February. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).