...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. ..that Washington will no longer deal with his national security adviser Hamdullah Mohib, the US and Afghan media reported on Tuesday.
On Monday afternoon, US special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad met Pakistain’s ambassador Asad Majeed Khan and told him that everyone will benefit from peace in Afghanistan.
"Met with Pak and British Ambassadors to Washington. Whether your perspective is regional or international, everyone benefits from the security and economic dividends an end to war in Afghanistan will bring," he wrote in a tweet.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Rooters news agency reported that on March 15, US Under Secretary of state for political affairs David Hale told President Ghani by phone that Mohib would no longer be received in Washington and that US civilian and military officials would not do business with him.
"Mr Hale called President Ghani and told him that Mr Mohib is no longer welcome in DC. The US will not deal with him in Kabul or in DC anymore," the report added. Other media reports claimed that the move was part of a US effort to pressure Ghani to fire Mr Mohib.
Mr Khalilzad, also a senior US diplomat, leads the US team in the talks with Taliban
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in Doha. So far, the two sides have held five rounds of talks with the Taliban in Doha and Mr Khalilzad returned to Kabul late last week after the fifth round to brief US officials and representatives of other governments on the talks. But during the weekend, the Afghan NSA Mohib triggered a major controversy when he claimed that Mr Khalilzad had intentionally kept the Afghan government out of the talks because he wanted to be the next "viceroy" of Afghanistan.
The statement annoyed the US State Department, which summoned Mr Mohib to protest. Because of the dispute, US National Security Adviser John Bolton also cancelled a meeting with Mr Mohib and he was told that he may not be issued a US visa for future visits, although he has an American wife.