PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Members of the Afghan Taliban were due to hold direct talks with American officials in Qatar on Thursday, two senior militants told NBC News.
The delegation is led by Tayyab Agha, a close aide of Taliban supreme leader Mullah Omar, one of the sources told NBC News from Qatar. He added that it also includes five former Taliban commanders freed from Guantanamo Bay in a controversial exchange for American soldier Bowe Bergdahl in May 2014.
Update #1: Afghan Taliban Denies Any Peace Talks with US -- VOA
Update #2: White House denies U.S. scheduled to meet with Taliban on peace deal -- Reuters
WNU Editor: Everyone is denying that these peace talks are going to take place .... but the details of how this meeting was going to take place .... and how both sides quickly came out to deny these reports .... my gut is telling me that they are talking .... but the details on how they will be conducting their secret talks are only now being worked out.
Update #3: Taliban say delegation to meet US reps in Qatar for peace talks -- Stars and Stripes
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