Taliban, Afghan opposition officials claim 'progress' at talks Taliban officials and Afghan opposition figures claim to have made "tremendous progress" at a Moscow "peace summit", but the announcement rang hollow as discussions yet again excluded the Afghan government and no ceasefire was announced. The insurgents spent more than two days meeting with famous Afghan politicians, including former president Hamid Karzai, at a plush hotel in central Moscow. IMAGES of the Taliban members AND SOUNDBITES of Abbas Stanikzai