MOSCOW: Afghanistan rivals failed to reach a breakthrough on holding direct peace negotiations after international talks in Moscow on Friday, the latest international push to end the conflict.

Russia, which said it invited representatives from the United States as well as India, Iran, China and Pakistan, hailed the meeting as an opportunity to “open a new page” in Afghanistan’s history and seek an end to the war 17 years after the US-led invasion.

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