A top Afghan peace negotiator said he was cautiously optimistic about prospects for reconciliation with the Taliban and that all sides now realised a military solution to the war was not possible.
Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai also said the Kabul government hoped to transform the Afghan Taliban, who have proved resilient after more than a decade of war against US-led Nato and Afghan troops, into a political movement.
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