Sec. Mike Pompeo makes surprise visit to Afghanistan ahead of next round of Taliban talks.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday, just days before the latest round of U.S. talks with the Taliban are set to begin.
"The hour has come for peace," Pompeo said in Kabul, praising the agreement in principle reached by U.S. chief negotiator Zalmay Khalilzad and his Taliban counterparts in January on four pillars: U.S. troop withdrawal, Afghan national peace talks, a nationwide ceasefire, and preventing Afghanistan from becoming a safe haven for terror groups.
Despite any progress at the negotiating table, the situation on the ground seems to be quite different. The U.N. reported two weeks ago that al Qaeda"has grown stronger operating under the Taliban umbrella across Afghanistan and is more active than in recent years." The two sides will meet again on June 29 in Doha, Qatar, for their seventh round of talks. Khalilzad has expressed optimism because"I believe all sides want rapid progress," but he warned in a tweet last week,"Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed."
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