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[ad_1] KABUL: Taliban officials say they held 'general discussions' with Washington's special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad , who is tasked with finding a negotiated end to Afghanistan's protracted and increasingly bloody war. The officials, who spoke to the Associated Press on Saturday on condition they not be identified because of the sensitivity of the process, said the meetings were held Friday in the Middle Eastern state of Qatar, where the Taliban maintain a political office. The Taliban offered no details on the talks and the US Embassy in Kabul said only that Khalilzad was in the Afghan capital Saturday meeting with President Ashraf Ghani and chief executive Abdullah Abdullah. Khalilzad arrived in Kabul from Qatar, winding up his first official trip since being named special envoy. He also visited Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. [ad_2]

[ad_1] Image copyright AFP Image caption Vigils for the dead journalist have been held around the country A suspect has been detained over the killing of Bulgarian journalist Viktoria Marinova, reports say. Viktoria Marinova's body was found in a park in the northern city of Ruse, near the River Danube, on Saturday. She had also been raped. Media reports say the man is a Romanian citizen with a Moldovan passport. On Monday hundreds of mourners held vigils around Bulgaria, said to be the worst country in the European Union for press freedom. Ruse regional prosecutor Georgy Georgiev said Ms Marinova had suffered blows to the head and was suffocated in the fatal attack, adding that her "mobile phone, car keys, glasses and part of her clothes were missing". It is not known if the killing is linked to Ms Ma...

[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Police escort far-right protesters in the east German city of Chemnitz Six men have been arrested on suspicion of belonging to a far-right militant group in the eastern German city of Chemnitz. The men, aged 20 to 31, are accused of forming a group called "Revolution Chemnitz" to subvert democracy. Prosecutors said the men had been planning attacks on foreigners, politicians and senior civil servants. Tension has been running high in the city since a German man was allegedly killed by two migrants in August. The death prompted the worst far-right-inspired violence Germany has seen for decades. Deep divisions Five of the suspects attacked and injured foreign residents in Chemnitz on 14 September using glass bottles, steel knuckle gloves, and tasers, prosecut...