[https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/19/politics/taliban-talks-salvage-afghanistan-crisis/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/19/politics/taliban-talks-salvage-afghanistan-crisis/index.html) >"While the US State Department continues to engage in high-level diplomatic talks with the Taliban in the neutral setting of Doha, Qatar, as it has for the past year, the real negotiations have moved to the chaotic streets of Kabul in recent days, where American military commanders are in constant communication with Taliban militants over security around the airport."