James Cunningham says reconciliation with Washington is a long way off, despite recent signs of progressThere are no significant peace talks under way with the Taliban, the US ambassador to Afghanistan has said, despite years of western and Afghan government efforts to broker a political end to the decade-long war in the country, and some recent signs of progress.James Cunningham, the US ambassador in Kabul, described reconciliation as "a process that hasn't even really begun", although he added that one of Washington's goals was ensuring "at least the beginning of a serious process".He also ... Read More