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Khalilzad aspirations for Taliban peace
Among the American officials working hard for even minimum achievements in the peace project with the Taliban stands out Zamay Khalilzad, the US special envoy to Afghanistan.
Khalilzad, originally an Afghan-American diplomat, knows that if within two months ...
Khalilzad during his Kabul visit on January 6.
The agenda of the new round of talks is a roadmap to post-war Afghanistan, ceasefire, and Taliban and other armed groups’ disarmament. But a breakthrough would be gained and the Taliban would agree to a ceasefire only when advances are made ...
Khalilzad, the Department of State's special representative to Afghanistan peace process, has entrusted Turkey with the fresh initiative for what Washington calls the push to get out of the Afghanistan deadlock.
The Afghan government, which previously had strongly opposed holding a peace ...
Khalilzad, has been circulating the proposal during his recent visits to regional countries, despite the Ghani administration’s vehement opposition.
Kabul has said it is opposed to any “peace plan” that would require the elected government to step aside for “unelected succes ...
Khalilzad and his colleagues will return to Kabul next week for a constructive discussion with the United States. Our discussion is not scattered and is a regular one,” he was quoted as saying.
The Afghan leader added that if the good for the country lied in a short life of the current govern ...
Khalilzad, the US special envoy to Afghanistan, warned the Taliban against trying to seize power militarily from the Afghan government.
There is remarkable consensus within the region and the international community against a military takeover by the Taliban, Khalilzad told a US Senate Foreign ...
Khalilzad. So, the Taliban have made two issues clear: First, as long as the US forces stay in Afghanistan, they will not attend Istanbul peace conference. Second, in case of procrastination in the exit, they will attack the NATO. The threats triggered Washington decision to deploy B-52 bombers and ...
Khalilzad in early May bear witness to this strategy.
Khalilzad met with Uzbekistan Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamliov during an official visit to Tashkent on May 2, 2021. The top politician traveled to Kabul on May 3, and a day later he met with Emomali Rahmon in the Tajik capital Dushanbe. ...
Khalilzad in early May.
In his May 2 visit to Tashkent, Khalilzad met with the Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov. On May 3, he flew to Kabul, and on May 4 to Dushanbe, meeting the Tajik President Emomali Rahmon. The visits fuel the speculations that Washington has begun to adopt the st ...
Khalilzad, Pakistan, and the Haqqani Network, as a pro-negotiation branch of the Taliban, have made it impossible to form an inclusive government after the overthrow of President Ashraf Ghani's government, and the political and bureaucratic system and army have collapsed. In such a situation, it ...