Taliban urged not to launch ‘spring offensive’, Moscow Talk
The United States, Pakistan, Russia and China on Thursday urged the Afghan Taliban to refrain from launching a “spring offensive” to avoid more bloodshed in the strife-torn country, as envoys huddled together with the Afghan government and the Taliban representatives in taliban urged, moscow talk Moscow on Thursday. Moscow hosted what was called “extended troika” as part of Russia’s push to break stalemate in the intra-Afghan dialogue. The meeting in Moscow that brought together delegates from Pakistan, China, the US, Qatar and Turkey along with the Afghan government and the Taliban representatives is the first of the three international conferences planned ahead of the May 1 deadline set for the foreign troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. “We hope that today’s talks will help achieve progress in the inter-Afghan talks,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the start of the meeting. The huddle in Moscow was attended by US Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, head of the Afghan