Wilson: “There is no abandoning of Afghanistan”
The US Chargé d’Affaires to Afghanistan, Ross Wilson has reiterated Washington’s enduring commitment despite the proposed reduction of troops here.
The US Chargé d’Affaires to Afghanistan, Ross Wilson has reiterated Washington’s enduring commitment despite the proposed reduction of troops here.
According to new report, the US has closed at least 10 bases across Afghanistan since the signing of a deal with the Taliban in February.
The US State Department Special Envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad and Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdul Aziz Kamilov have discussed the Afghan peace process.
In a meeting with Stefano Ponticorvo, NATO’s senior civilian representative to Afghanistan, Danish said that the Afghan people do not believe in the Taliban’s sincerity in peace talks.
This followed reports about Qatar, Uzbekistan, Germany, Norway and Indonesia taking the role of mediators to break the deadlock hindering progress at the intra-Afghan talks.
The State Department said Khalilzad departed for Oslo on October 26 where he discussed international coordination and support of the Afghan peace process
Fawzia Koofi, Abdul Mateen Baik and Kalimullah Naqibi are among those who have arrived in Kabul and will return to Doha soon to resume the intra-Afghan talks with the Taliban.
They reviewed the implementation of their financial contributions in support to the Afghan security forces, discussed contributions for 2021.
He warned the belief that says violence must escalate to win concessions at the negotiating table is ‘very risky.
MONITORING (SW) – Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the high council for national reconciliation, on Sunday met Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif in Tehran during an