Afghan negotiators head to Doha as Taliban prisoner swap nears completion

Afghan government-backed negotiators are set to head to Doha for peace talks with the Taliban, a top official said Wednesday,…

Afghan government-backed negotiators are set to head to Doha for peace talks with the Taliban, a top official said Wednesday, as President Ashraf Ghani insisted Kabul had met all its commitments for negotiations.

Talks were supposed to begin in March but were repeatedly pushed back as the Taliban and the Afghan government squabbled over a prisoner exchange, which included hundreds of battle-hardened insurgents.