President Ashraf Ghani’s administration is estranged from Washington and under pressure to postpone elections.
By Pamela Constable Pamela Constable Foreign correspondent covering Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia, Latin America and immigration Email Bio Follow March 18 at 5:57 PM KABUL — Excluded from peace talks with the Taliban, estranged from Washington after sharply attacking its peace envoy and under growing pressure to postpone July elections, the Afghan government is running short on time, friends and options.
In response, the State Department said Mohib was summoned by a senior U.S. official and told that his attacks on Khalilzad could hurt bilateral relations and the peace process. According to reports in the Afghan and U.S. media, Mohib, who previously served as Ghani’s ambassador to Washington, was also barred from future dealings with U.S. officials. The State Department declined Monday to comment on those reports.
An aide to Mohib said his comments reflected a widespread “public anxiety” that the U.S.-Taliban talks were being held “behind closed doors” and that U.S. officials had not responded to those concerns when Afghan officials raised them in private. After the most recent talks, Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar said that the group “expects the establishment of an Islamic system” but would treat all Afghans as “brothers” and that “the leadership of the Islamic Emirate will have patience and mercy toward all.” He was using the Taliban term for its religious government.
Ghani and his supporters continue to insist that elections be held as planned, arguing that any alternative would be a dangerous first step toward abandoning the constitution. The president has called for a national gathering in April to discuss the issue. But election experts warn that both the political and technical conditions for holding polls four months from now are tenuous and that the results would likely not be trusted.
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