Taliban meet US peace envoy for first time since ‘dead’ deal

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban say they have met U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in the Pakistan capital for the first time since President Donald Trump declared the peace deal ‘dead’ a month ago.
A Taliban official offered few details of Friday’s meeting between Khalilzad and the Taliban delegation led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, a co-founder of the movement that was ousted in 2001 by the U.S.-led coalition. The official spoke early Saturday on condition of a