![Taliban Shifts to Talks With Moscow Despite Possible US Peace Deal Taliban Shifts to Talks With Moscow Despite Possible US Peace Deal](https://mtic.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1067321277-310x168.jpg)
On Tuesday, senior Afghan officials, including former President Hamid Karzai, met with Taliban representatives in Moscow weeks after the insurgents met with US representatives to discuss an end to the war. However, no Afghan government officials were present at the meeting, and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani strongly criticized the talks as undermining his government.