Kabul, June 23 -- : Amid sustained Taliban attacks in Afghanistan, US Special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad will start the seventh round of peace talks on June 29.
He did not disclose the venue of the meeting.
"We'll start the next round of talks on Jun 29. Based on my recent visits to #Afghanistan and #Qatar, I believe all sides want rapid progress," tweeted Khalilzad on Saturday.
For long, Khalilzad has been trying to reach a peace deal with the Taliban to end the war in Afghanistan that has entered its 19th year.
The envoy also held a series of meetings with the Pakistani leadership as a part of Washington's renewed push to bring the Afghan Taliban to the negotiating table.
The latest push for peace comes after President Donald Trump wrote...