Taliban and al Qaeda Remain Linked, U.N. Study Says

WASHINGTON—A United Nations report issued Monday found that Afghanistan’s Taliban has taken care of near ties with al Qaeda, holding at least six high-degree conferences with leaders of the team throughout additional than a calendar year of talks with the United States.

The U.N. conclusions position to the issues confronted by the Taliban in utilizing its aspect of the agreement signed with the U.S. in February. Underneath the phrases, the U.S. will withdraw all its troops in 14 months in return for a Taliban promise that Afghanistan will under no circumstances all over again develop into…