Top envoy meets Taleban:

A top Russian diplomat has met with Taleban representatives and expressed Moscow’s support for the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The meeting came after two days of talks between prominent Afghan figures and Taleban representatives in Moscow.

A senior Taleban official said Wednesday that the United States has promised to withdraw half of its troops from Afghanistan by the end of April, but the US military did not confirm it.

Zamir Kabulovm, the Russian presidential envoy on Afghanistan, told the RIA Novosti news agency Thursday that Russia is willing to help talks between the US and the Taleban on the withdrawal of US troops. (AP)