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Khalilzad was to meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/11\/14\/afghan-leader-tells-us-audience-that-taliban-not-winning-war\/\" target=\"_blank\">President Ashraf Ghani<\/a>, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah and other political leaders to discuss the next steps in U.S. efforts to get an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process started.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/12\/19\/us-withdrawal-from-afghanistan-focus-of-talks-to-end-war-taliban-says\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18326318714504-1.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US withdrawal from Afghanistan focus of talks to end war, Taliban says<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">It is the first time a U.S. envoy meets with members of the Haqqani network.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Taliban have refused repeatedly to meet directly with representatives of the Kabul government. 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