Kabul offers Taliban power-sharing to end violence: source

Head of the Taliban delegation Abdul Salam Hanafi (R), accompanied by Taliban official (2R to L) Amir Khan Muttaqi, Shahabuddin Delawar and Abdul Latif Mansour, seen in Doha on August 12, 2021.

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.