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Blinken Confirms He Asked Khalilzad to Stay On
[ToloNews] The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday said he has asked the US peace envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad to stay on."Yes, we have. We have asked him to continue the vital work" that he conducted during the Trump administration, Blinken told news hounds at a briefing, as quoted by Rooters. On Monday, a US source told TOLOnews that President Joe Foreign Policy Whiz KidBiden  ...Candidate for president in 2020. I had the great honor of being arrested with our UN Ambassador on the streets of Soweto, trying to get to see him on Robbens Island... 's administration had extended Khalilzad’s mission for an unspecific period of time. The US source also said that the Biden administration started the assessment of the US-Taliban ...Arabic for students... peace deal signed between the two sides in Doha on February 29, particularly the (secret) annexes to the agreement. The assessment will be wrapped up in three weeks' time, the source said. NEW CHAPTER IN US AND WASHINGTON TIES On Sunday, President Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money... said that a new chapter has been opened in Kabul and Washington relations and that the United States sees Afghanistan fundamentally as a partner. "A new chapter has been opened in our ties with our main partner the United States and it will continue," President Ghani said at a cabinet meeting on Monday. "Our relations will be at the level of government-to-government." Ghani stressed that the United States is reviewing the agreement it signed with the Taliban, and, after a review, the US government will consult Kabul on finding a joint roadmap for the agreement. "A quick review of the US’s deal with the Taliban will be done by the US National Security Council and then a fundamental consultation will be done with us," Ghani said. On Friday, the United States National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan spoke with his Afghan counterpart NSA Hamdullah Mohib regarding the US commitment to the US-Afghan partnership and to peace for "all the people of Afghanistan," according to a statement by the US National Security Council. The Afghan government has in the past reacted cautiously with Khalilzad. The Afghan peace negotiations that started on Sept. 12 last year have made progress in their procedural rules. They took a three-month break and resumed their talks on Jan. 6. However, denial ain't just a river in Egypt... the Afghan republic and the Taliban’s negotiators have not held any meetings over the last 13 days to discuss the agenda of the talks. Experts said that the United States is expected to announce its stance on the Afghan grinding of the peace processor and the presence of NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and structure.... forces in Afghanistan at the ministerial meeting of the alliance next month. Related: Antony Blinken: 2021-01-27 Veteran Diplomat Antony Blinken To Serve As Secretary Of State, Harshly Criticized Turkey Antony Blinken: 2021-01-24 Saudi Intercepts 'Hostile Target' over Capital Antony Blinken: 2021-01-24 Biden Administration to ‘Assess’ US-Taliban Agreement Related: Zalmay Khalilzad: 2020-12-15 Documents Reveal Negotiators' Demands for Talks Agenda Zalmay Khalilzad: 2020-11-21 U.S envoy Zalmay Khalilzad is more likely to remain with Biden’s administration Zalmay Khalilzad: 2020-11-20 Taliban Attacks Centers of 50 Districts after Peace Deal in February: Sources Posted by: trailing wife 2021-01-29 |
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