US peace envoy pushes to isolate Taliban should they take power by force

By Mike Brest

Published August 10, 2021 2:21pm ET

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US peace envoy pushes to isolate Taliban should they take power by force — An Afghan policeman stands guard after a bomb explosion in Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 29, 2014. Two roadside bombings, minutes apart, killed an Afghan policeman and wounded four others in the southern city of Kandahar on Thursday, an Afghan officer said. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan) | Allauddin Khan

The United States is formulating a plan to isolate the Taliban internationally should they take control of Afghanistan.

On Sunday, U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad traveled to Doha, Qatar, where the Taliban maintain a political office, for “several planned rounds of meeting” to “help formulate a joint international response to the rapidly deteriorating situation in Afghanistan,” the State Department said.

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