Zalmay Khalilzad
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
January 27, 2019
U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad is consulting with Afghan government officials following six days of talks with the Afghan Taliban in Qatar aimed at ending the 17-year conflict in Afghanistan.
Khalilzad traveled to the Afghan capital, Kabul, on January 27 after the envoy, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Taliban officials hailed progress toward peace.
Highlighting the effort in a series of tweets, Khalilzad said on January 26 that the United States and the Taliban had made “significant progress,” adding that the talks in Doha were “more productive than they have been in the past.”
He also emphasized that the sides “have a number of issues left to work out” and that “nothing is agreed until everything is agreed.”
“Encouraging news from [Khalilzad],” the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted.
The top U.S. diplomat also wrote that the United States was “serious about pursuing peace, preventing Afghanistan from continuing to be a space for international terrorism & bringing home forces.”
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said that while there was “progress” at the meetings, reports of an agreement on a cease-fire were “not true.”
Mujahid also said in a statement that talks about “unresolved matters” will continue.
Until the withdrawal of international troops was hammered out, “progress in other issues is impossible,” he insisted.
Earlier, unidentified Taliban sources quoted by the Reuters news agency said the two sides had finalized clauses to be included in a draft agreement.
They envisaged foreign forces withdrawing within 18 months of the deal being signed in return for assurances that Al-Qaeda and the extremist group Islamic State (IS) would not be allowed to use Afghanistan as a base to attack the United States and its allies.
The Western-backed government in Kabul has struggled to fend off a resurgent Taliban, as well as IS and Al-Qaeda militants, nearly two decades after a U.S.-led coalition drove the Taliban from power in Afghanistan in 2001.
The Taliban has so far refused to hold direct negotiations with the Afghan government officials, whom they dismiss as “puppets.”
The militants say they will only begin talks with the government once a firm date for the withdrawal of U.S. troops has been agreed.
With reporting by RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan, AFP, and Reuters
Copyright (c) 2019. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave NW, Ste 400, Washington DC 20036.
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*PLEASE;
.
MARK MY WORDS !
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*The legitimacy
of
any
government,
in
Afghanistan, will be guaranteed only, if it is
the
true representation
of
the common
folks
in
all
of
Afghanistan.
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A coalition,
of
the
two
(“long-tested”)
largest
Islamic parties,
( Jamiat and Hizb),
with
.
the
true
representations
of
Talibans,
(from all of the mosques acros Afghanistan),
is
the only route that will be able to
legitimize
honorable peace, wholesome integrity and real prosperity
for
all
the great people
of
Afghanistan.
*After all;
the country
belongs
to
the
People
of
Afghanistan.
***
The unmatched inspiration
comes from its iconic historical developments which had been solidly based and passed down on its earlier phased layers of Islamic foundations.
.
That is how it has had been
sewn together
so intricately unsurmountable
(in spite of facing extremely powerful aggresdions from arrogantly-poised global powers.
It is clearly
observable,
(though; to various degrees), on all aspects of social lives
in
Afghanistan
*IT
IS
UNMISTAKABLE !
***
Boy; if you try
to
shake
that
up
(intentionally and/or unintentionally)- then; you
will definitely be getting the jolt
of
“*your life”
in response !
AND; PLEASE;
.
DON’T
FORGET THAT !
THE
IS
THE FACT !
*THAT IS THE FACT !
It has been the cause
of
the people
and
they paid for it- THE VICTIMS MUST
GET COMPENSATED !
And, in full charge
of
the
peace process- again; it is
their cause.
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Hopefully; it is not going to be a foreign imposition and trickery- otherwise; it won’t mean
anything.
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IT STILL LOOKS PRETTY MUCH
SKETCHY (SO FAR)
AND
CONFUSED- WE SHALL SEE
THE TRUTH BEHIND IT.
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*INSHAHALLAH !
*YOU CAN’T DECEIVE
PEOPLE
ANYMORE- YOUR TIME IS UP !
I am talking about,
all
the people
across the board !
The military and political forces
of
the neighboring countries
and
major involved global power players,
are still dominantly involved regionally and shall
stay and flactuate for long but unknown periods
of times.
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What I am trying
to
get at is that
a
comprehensive and honorable
peace agreement
must be encouraged and achieved
by
all known
commercially, militarily and socially involved parties, in an order
to
see any semblance
of
truly civilized and functional
Afghanistan- the assemblage of those critically components
must be
aligned and arranged
as
the
only logical, sensible, real and honorable aspiration for final peace agreement.
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*IT HAS
GOT
TO
GET
CLARIFIED- AT ITS
CURRENT STAGE,
IT
IS
HIGHLY CONFUSED !
*LET US ALL :
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PRAY
FOR
THAT !
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A
PEACEFUL
*AFGHANISTAN !
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