Sec. of State Mike Pompeo calls Afghan president to express disappointment over indefinite postponement of talks with the Taliban.
The Afghan-to-Afghan talks were scheduled to start on Friday in Qatar, where the Taliban maintain an office, but were scuttled after a falling out over who should attend.
The announcement itself was just a show of strength since the Taliban have kept up relentless near-daily attacks even during the harsh winter months, inflicting staggering losses on the embattled Afghan military and security forces. Many civilians also loss their lives in the cross-fire. Kabul, which had been sidelined for months from U.S-Taliban talks because the insurgents refuse to talk directly with government officials, had offered a massive delegation of 250 participants, including prominent Afghan figures, government and opposition representatives, as well as others. The Qatari hosts came back with what they said was a revised acceptable list that drastically reduced the number of women and eliminated all government ministers from the list.
According to a prominent figure on the Kabul list for talks in Qatar, who spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to talk to the media, several senior participants on the list had received a call from the presidents office warning them they should not express personal opinions at the talks with the Taliban, only speak on behalf of the state.
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