Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark A. Milley, Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with Gen. Scott Miller, top commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Wed., Dec. 16, 2021. KATIE BO WILLIAMS
* Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met for about two hours with Taliban negotiators in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday
* It was Milley's second unannounced meeting with the Taliban's negotiating team; the first, in June, also in Doha, had not been reported until now
* Senior American officials in Kabul warned that stepped-up Taliban attacks endanger the militant group's nascent peace negotiations
* The Taliban have stepped up attacks on Afghan forces, particularly in the southern provinces of Helmand and Kandahar
* President Donald Trump has ordered a reduction in U.S. forces in Afghanistan from 4,500 to 2,500 by January 15
* Complete pullout of U.S. troops hinges on Taliban reducing attacks nationwide
America's top general held unannounced peace talks with Taliban leaders in the Persian Gulf to urge a reduction in violence across Afghanistan as the US draws troops down.
Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met for about two hours with Taliban negotiators in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday and flew Wednesday to Kabul to discuss the peace process with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.
Milley's meetings came amid a new drawdown of U.S. troops, although under current U.S. policy a complete pullout hinges on the Taliban reducing attacks nationwide.
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