Secret peace talks between US and Taliban collapse over leaks
Secret talks between the U.S. Government and the Taliban has ended has the identity of the chief Taliban negotiator and the locations of the talks were released to Der Speigel and the Washington Post. The talks, which were held in twice in Germany and once in Qatar, took place in March and April of this year with the Taliban now distancing themselves from the talks as just regular communiques to initiate prisoner exchanges.