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Taliban hold political talks, Biden says 'chaos' was inevitable

Ousted Afghan president Ashraf Ghani delivered a video message from the United Arab Emirates

Taliban fighters are now in full control of Afghanistan -- here, fighters are seen in the capital Kabul
Taliban fighters are now in full control of Afghanistan -- here, fighters are seen in the capital Kabul
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Senior Taliban members have met with former president Hamid Karzai and senior official Abdullah Abdullah as they seek to form a government in Afghanistan, pledging it will be "positively different" from their brutal rule two decades ago.

Taliban negotiator Anas Haqqani met with Karzai, the first Western-backed leader of Afghanistan after the Taliban's ouster in 2001, and Abdullah, who had led the government's peace council, the SITE monitoring group said.

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