Britain officials meet with senior Taliban in Kabul

Britain officials met in Kabul with senior Taliban figures on Tuesday to discuss humanitarian aid and safe passage for those who wish to leave Afghanistan, in the first high-level contact since the Islamists came to power in Afghanistan in mid-August.The delegation led by Simon Gass, high representative for Afghan transition of Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, held talks with acting deputy prime ministers Abdul Ghani Baradar Akhund and Mawlawi Abdul-Salam Hanafi, as well as Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, acting foreign minister, according to the British Foreign Office.Its statement said …READ FULL ARTICLE