“Khalilzad said that no significant progress has been made in negotiations with the Taliban,” the Afghan President’s administration quoted TASS as saying.

Earlier, Presidential Adviser on National Security Robert O'Brien said that US leader Donald Trump could make a deal with the Taliban in 2020.

On January 26, it was reported that the United States is defrosting $ 60 million in aid to Afghanistan. According to the State Department, this amount will be provided to the republic, as the country has made progress in the fight against corruption.

* "Taliban" - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of February 14, 2003 .