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‐ now in their second week and paused for two days ‐ has been "very productive," a US negotiator said, and denied Washington sought a fixed deadline for the withdrawal of its estimated 14,000 troops from Afghanistan as part of a final peace deal in the 17-year-old war.
The talks are being paused while another summit with Afghan representatives takes place, a Taliban front man said on Saturday.
Suhail Shaheen, the front man for the Taliban's office in Qatar
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"Tomorrow and the day after, because of the intra-Afghan conference, no talks will take place," Shaheen tweeted, referring to separate talks due to start Sunday in Doha between the Taliban and Afghan delegates.
"We are happy with progress and hope the rest of the work is also done. We have not faced any obstacles yet," he added.
Negotiations picked up momentum after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, at the end of last month. He said then that Washington was hopeful of an agreement before September 1.