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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

US, Taliban Talk Earthquake Aid, Foreign Reserves in Doha

FILE - In this May 28, 2019 file photo, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban group's top political leader, third from left, arrives with other members of the Taliban delegation for talks in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Talks between the United States and the Taliban continued in Doha earlier this week to discuss earthquake aid, the State Department said Friday, months after the two parties last met in the Qatari capital in March.

The Taliban is seeking a way to unlock some of the country's foreign reserves -- currently frozen by the United States -- following a devastating earthquake last month, with the United States looking for assurances the money would go to help the population, said AFP.

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