US Sets To Intervene In Afghanistan Crisis

The United States envoy on Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad is set to press the Taliban to stop their military offensive at talks in Qatar’s capital this week

The department of state announced this after the armed group seized a string of Afghan provincial capitals.

In a statement, the department says   several planned rounds of meetings were scheduled over three days to discuss the situation in Afghanistan.

On Monday, the Taliban announced that it had captured a sixth provincial capital in Afghanistan in four days.