KABUL (SW) – President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has congratulated Joe Biden upon taking charge as President of the United States of America.
In a statement, President Ghani said in these trying times, Afghanistan stands alongside the United States — our foundational partner — as it starts anew to restore partnerships for peace and to tackle the multilayered problem of terrorism.
“Afghanistan looks forward to continuing/deepening our multilayered strategic partnership w/ the United States — our foundational partner — including in counterterrorism & bringing peace to Afghanistan”, he said.
This followed Ghani’s meeting at the presidency with Ross Wilson, US Chargé d’Affaires and Gen. Scott Miller, top US military commander in Afghanistan. According to the presidency, the bilateral ties, peace process and pledges made at the Geneva conference were discussed at the meeting.
Earlier this week, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for his top diplomat said he would undertake a review of a deal with Afghanistan’s Taliban and believed the United States needed means to prevent any resurgence of terrorism.
“We want to end this so-called forever war. We want to bring our forces home. We want to retain some capacity to deal with any resurgence of terrorism, which is what brought us there in the first place,” Antony Blinken, Biden’s nominee for secretary of state, told his Senate confirmation hearing.
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