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UN report: Afghan Taliban still maintain ties with al-Qaida

by Associated Press
| June 2, 2020 5:06 AM

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban in Afghanistan still maintain close ties with the al-Qaida terror network, despite signing a peace deal with the United States in which they committed to fight militant groups, a U.N. report released on Tuesday said.

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