KABUL: The Taliban have appointed a co-founder of the movement as the new head of their political office in Doha, where talks have been held since Monday with US officials seeking to end 17 years of conflict in Afghanistan.

“The esteemed Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has been appointed... chief of the political office,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement released late Thursday.

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