U.N. Mission Chief Met Taliban Officials - WSJ

The United Nations' top representative to Afghanistan met with Taliban officials earlier this month, amid heightened efforts to find a diplomatic solution to the eight-year-old conflict, a U.N. official said. - U.N. Mission Chief Met Taliban Officials

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