The White House says President Donald Trump’s talks with his national security advisers to discuss Afghan peace talks went “very well” and that negotiations with the Taliban “are proceeding.”

President Trump met with his top advisers to review negotiations with the Taliban about possible US withdrawal of Afghanistan and reach a political settlement to end the 18-year conflict.

In a tweet following the briefing, Trump wrote: “Just completed a very good meeting on Afghanistan. Many on the opposite side of this 19-year war, and us, are looking to make a deal — if possible!”

The US Special Peace Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad conducted eight rounds of peace talks with Taliban negotiators in Qatar in an effort to end the protracted war in Afghanistan.

Despite the talks with U.S. representatives, Taliban negotiators have so far refused to talk directly to the Afghan government in Kabul, calling it a puppet of foreigners.

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