Taliban Breaks Off ‘Fruitless’ Talks With Afghan Government On Prisoner Exchange

(RFE/RL) — The Taliban has broken off talks with the Afghan government on a prisoner exchange, a main step in peace talks being brokered by the United States.

Suhail Shaheen, a spokesman for the Taliban’s political office in Qatar, *tweeted* on April 7 that a technical team would not participate in “fruitless...