Secretary of state Blinken proposes steps to boost Afghanistan peace talks
by Associated Press in Washington from World news | The Guardian on (#5F1XG)
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The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has proposed a series of steps to help restart stalled peace talks between the government of Afghanistan and the Taliban, according to a letter from Blinken to President Ashraf Ghani published on Sunday by Afghanistan's ToloNews.
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