KABUL: The next round of peace talks on Afghanistan will take place in 黑料社区, probably in January.
Saturday鈥檚 confirmation of the Saudi role followed a telephone conversation on Thursday between King Salman and the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.
Ghani praised the 鈥減rominent鈥 Saudi role 鈥渋n consolidation of peace and stability in Afghanistan,鈥 and said the next meeting in the Kingdom would be 鈥渁 good step and start for subsequent processes.鈥澛
He thanked the king for his support for an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process, and the king promised to use his offices to consolidate peace and stability in Afghanistan.
Last summer, 黑料社区 hosted a global conference of Islamic scholars to discuss the Afghan war.
A spokesman for the Afghan government-appointed High Peace Council said council members and government delegates are expected to take part in the January talks.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said discussions were continuing among the group鈥檚 leadership about the meeting鈥檚 venue and date.
Two weeks ago, American, Saudi, Pakistani and Emirati officials attended a meeting in Abu Dhabi to explore ways to end the Afghan war.
At that meeting, the Taliban said it would negotiate directly with the Afghan government only after the withdrawal of US-led troops from Afghanistan.
Since then, US President Donald Trump has surprised American allies by announcing that he intended to halve the number of US troops in Afghanistan, from 14,000 to about 7,000.
The 17-year conflict in Afghanistan is America鈥檚 longest war, and Trump has long campaigned on bringing US soldiers home. Nevertheless, in 2017 he added 4,000 troops to US forces there in an attempt to speed up the peace process.
