US ready to discuss role of international troops with Taliban: Pompeo

[Crystal-Clear]

And I guess Pakistans approach of doing milltary ops agaisnt selected hardline groups was also right then.

it is..

 

[Pakistansdefender]

We don't know our media don't even bother...
International media don't bother.
Even afghan media hush it big time....

120 soldiers and police officials have been killed in last 2 days in Afghanistan.
Situation is as bad as it could get.
With this rate they might have no army left.

I don't know how badly trained their army is. They are bunch of taliban, Atleast have decent fight with them but they dumb asses cannot fight them.
It is better to accept them as reality now.
And do talks with taliban.
They are too powerful now.

 

[Menace2Society]

Taliban is the product of Afghan pashtuns and their rights should be considered when it comes to running of the country. Hopefully everyone can come to an agreement and Afghanistan can have some peace.

 

[pzfz]

it is..

Always has been, always will be. No need to go after those that pose no threat to Pak or its interests. As Vortex said, the diplomats are too stupid to make hay of this. But it is going Pak's direction, no thanks to Pak though. This was always going to be. Taliban "winning" is a reality.

 

[waraich66]

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that the Trump administration is ready to discuss with the Taliban the role of US and international forces in Afghanistan if they participate in peace talks.

Encouraged by the pictures of Taliban rebels and Afghan soldiers saying Eid prayers side by side, the top US diplomat also offered to work with the Afghan government and the Taliban to end the 17-year-old war.

“As President Ashraf Ghani emphasised in his statement to the Afghan people, peace talks by necessity would include a discussion of the role of international actors and forces,” said Pompeo while referring to a recent statement by the Afghan leader.

“The United States is prepared to support, facilitate, and participate in these discussions.”

The Taliban demand the withdrawal of international forces from Afghanistan, insisting that there can be no peace as long as there are foreign forces on the Afghan soil.

The US diplomat, however, emphasised that all talks must include the Afghan government.

Last week, Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhunzada urged Washington to hold direct talks with the Taliban leadership, bypassing the government in Kabul.

“The United States stands ready to work with the Afghan government, the Taliban, and all the people of Afghanistan to reach a peace agreement and political settlement that brings a permanent end to this war,” said Pompeo in a message issued after Eid holidays.

The statement makes it clear that Washington has no intention to abandon the setup in Kabul in which it has invested heavily and has lost more than 2,000 US soldiers and contractors in defending it.

Last week, the Taliban accepted an offer by President Ghani to stop fighting for seven days to allow all Afghans to celebrate Eid in peace.

The acceptance led to the first-ever ceasefire in 17 years and media reports from Kabul and other Afghan cities noted that the government allowed the rebels to return to their families to celebrate the festival.

Published in Dawn, June 19th, 2018

https://www.dawn.com/news/1414656/u...e-of-international-troops-with-taliban-pompeo

Good lesson for so called "Super Powers " USSR and US , no other option left , peace in Afghanistan is good for Pakistan . Afghanistan is graveyard of many super powers.