Kabul offers Taliban power-sharing to end violence: source

The government has now effectively lost most of northern and western Afghanistan

Afghan government negotiators in Qatar have offered the Taliban a power-sharing deal in return for an end to fighting in the country, a government negotiating source told AFP on Thursday. “Yes, the government has submitted a proposal to Qatar as mediator. The proposal allows the Taliban to share power in return for a halt in violence in the country,” the source said. Earlier, the their most important gain in a lightning offensive that has seen them overrun 10 provincial capitals in a week.