'Taliban's claim of agreement violations unfounded' Says Zalmay Khalilzad

US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has said that the Taliban's recent claims that Washington had violated the Doha agreement were "unfounded", adding that "inflammatory rhetoric" does not advance peace. "Instead, we should pursue strict adherence to all articles of the US-Taliban Agreement and US-Afghanistan Joint Declaration" TOLO News quoted the envoy as saying in a series of tweets on Sunday. "Taliban attacks in Helmand, including on the provincial capital; Taliban attacks against Afghan security forces; and Taliban complaints of Afghan National Defence and Security Forces (ANDSF) operations and coalition strikes led to a recent meeting in Doha. (IANS)

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