Afghan peace talks won't bear fruit until 2015: EU envoy

July 10, 2013 22:58

Hoped-for peace talks between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents will not bear fruit until 2015 at best, a year after US-led troops leave the country, the EU's Afghanistan envoy warned today.

"The European Union supports an Afghan-led dialogue on reconciliation. Whatever channels they choose is up to them," Vygaudas Usackas told an open session of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, a Swiss think-tank.

"But being realistic, I don't expect any breakthrough until 2015," said Usackas, who bows out in September after more than three years as the EU's top diplomat in Afghanistan.

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