Violence in Afghanistan is "unacceptably high" as delayed peace negotiations get underway, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday, adding that Washington has asked the warring parties to "stand back and indeed stand down.

Pompeo says violence levels in Afghanistan 'unacceptably high'

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet on Saturday Taliban and the Afghanistan negotiators of the intra-Afghan deal, the State Department said on Friday. Pompeo will meet teams of both the sides separately in the Qatari capital Doha.

Mike Pompeo to meet Taliban, Afghan negotiators in Doha

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Pompeo says violence levels in Afghanistan 'unacceptably high'

Mike Pompeo to meet Taliban, Afghan negotiators in Doha