The United States Peace Envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad is in Beijing for a previously scheduled meeting, an American Embassy spokesman said on Thursday.

The spokesman gave no further details about the visit by Zalmay Khalilzad, but it comes just days after he said that for the first time he can report “substantive” progress on all four issues key to a peace agreement.

The spokesman spoke on routine condition of anonymity.

Khalilzad said the latest round of talks with the Taliban had been the “most productive” yet, and had broadened to include a timeline for both intra-Afghan negotiations and a cease-fire.

Arezo news website – Humayun Salimi