NEW: US and Taliban have a draft agreement on two issues that signal concrete progress toward a peace deal that could end the 17-year-old war in Afghanistan, US presidential envoy says.
have improved. It's clear all sides want to end the war. Despite ups and downs, we kept things on track and made real strides," he wrote.
The talks between the Taliban insurgents and U.S. diplomats have lasted longer than any previous American attempt at negotiation with the militants since American troops entered Afghanistan in 2001. But it's unclear if the Afghan government and other Afghan political leaders will be ready to embrace the tentative deal worked out by Khalilzad.
"For now, both sides will deliberate over the achieved progress, share it with their respective leaderships and prepare for the upcoming meeting, the date of which shall be set by both negotiation teams," the Taliban statement said.
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