Taliban Assures U.S. It Opposes Use of Afghanistan by Terrorists

Taliban Assures U.S. It Opposes Use of Afghanistan as Platform for Terrorists

Insurgency repeats pledge to try to stop groups such as Islamic State and al Qaeda, in boon to peace talks

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KABUL—In a landmark concession, the Taliban has reassured the U.S. that it opposes any attempts by militant groups to use Afghanistan to stage terrorist attacks abroad, a person familiar with the pledge said, as talks to end the 17-year Afghan war entered a fourth day.

Still under discussion in the talks between the insurgents and American diplomats in the Gulf state of Qatar are a cease-fire and the future of American forces in Afghanistan, including the withdrawal of some or all of the approximately 14,000 U.S. forces and...