MOSCOW: Russia has set April 14 as the date for international talks on the conflict in Afghanistan, Russian state-run news agency Interfax says.
The report cited Mohammad Hanif Atmar, the special adviser to the Afghan president.
Atmar said the United States has been invited to attend, and he did not rule out that the Taliban could participate.
Russia held talks last month on the escalating violence in Afghanistan, with representatives from Afghanistan, China, India, Pakistan, and Iran taking part.
Atmar said 12 countries have been invited to the April 14 talks. Along with the United States, the five former-Soviet Central Asian republics have also been invited.
Shakir Karga, the Afghan special presidential envoy for CIS countries, said he would welcome U.S. participation, “but it’s unknown yet whether they will participate and at which level.”
