Pakistan, Oct. 23 -- The Afghan Taliban's political spokesman Suhail Shaheen confirmed on Tuesday that China will host intra-Afghan conference on Oct 28-29 to explore ways for peace and reconciliation in the war-shattered country.

Shaheen said a delegation of the Taliban political representatives will join the dialogue with delegates from Afghanistan at a time the peace dialogue between the Taliban and the US faces deadlock. President Donald Trump abruptly called talks with the Taliban in early September after a suicide bombing in Kabul killed an American soldier. "I can confirm an intra-Afghan conference is scheduled to be held in China on Oct. 28-29 and we will attend," Shaheen told Daily Times from Doha, the capital of Qatar, where Ta...