A Gloomy Picture For Afghan Peace Talks As Taliban Continues To Fight -- Xinhuanet
KABUL, June 25 (Xinhua) -- The prospects of the ongoing peace negotiations with Taliban appears to be bleak as radical outfit fighting Afghan and NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has vowed to continue armed struggle until foreign troops leave Afghanistan.
Amid increasing militancy and muscling by warring sides in Afghanistan, efforts to push for peace talks and national reconciliation in Afghanistan have been accelerated in the insurgency-hit country, however, no positive signs are on the horizon for the near future, local experts say.
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