AdvertisementTaliban Says It Is Meeting With U.S. Officials, Amid Escalating Peace EffortsDecember 17, 2018Colin DwyerfacebookEmailSher Mohammad Abbas Stanakzai, a representative of the Taliban, attends international talks in Moscow last month. On Monday, the Islamist militant group announced that its representatives would be having conversations with the U.S. in the United Arab Emirates. (AFP/Getty Images)