CIA Director Secretly Met With Taliban Leader in Kabul, Report Says

CIA chief, Taliban leader meet

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) William Burns on Monday held a secret meeting with Taliban senior leader Abdul Ghani Baradar in Kabul, US media reported on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila). Citing officials familiar with the matter, multiple media outlets said the meeting between Burns and Baradar was the highest-level face-to-face engagement between the Biden administration and Taliban to date. The Washin…

CIA Director Reportedly Held Clandestine Meeting with Taliban Leader - The Ohio Star

by Ailan Evans CIA Director William J. Burns secretly met with the leader of the Taliban in Kabul on Monday, The Washington Post reported.Burns met with Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s de-facto leader, in the highest-level in-person meeting between the Biden administration and the Taliban since the group seized Kabul, several U.S. officials told The Washington Post. The meeting took place amid the Biden administration’s continued efforts to w…

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