Key Afghan News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

With intra-Afghan talks gridlocked and the U.S. troop withdrawal deadline looming, Secretary of State Antony Blinken proposed new plans to advance the peace process in a letter to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. The letter recommends several efforts to “move matters more fundamentally and quickly” toward peace, including a U.N.-convened conference of key regional actors, a senior-level meeting between the Afghan government and the Taliban hosted by Turkey and a 90-day reduction in violence to head off the Taliban’s annual spring offensive. Blinken also recommended an interim power-sharing government composed of Taliban and other Afghan leaders. A leaked letter from Secretary of State Blinken to Afghan President Ghani proposed new efforts to bolster the Afghan peace process and warned that the U.S. is still considering withdrawing troops in May. (Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times)

Ad daw ahUnited statesGulbuddin hekmatyarSalahuddin rabbaniYunus qanuniAmrulleh salehFawzia koofiUnited nationsSecurity councilAfghanistan study groupAfghan commission to eliminate violence against womenPresident ghaniKey afghanVice president yunus qanuniForeign minister salahuddin rabbaniAfghan commission