AP INTERVIEW: Peace chief says Afghan gov t must step up
KATHY GANNON, Associated Press
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1of12Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation gives an interview to The Associated Press at the Sapidar Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, May 1, 2021. Afghanistan s chief peace negotiator says the often fractured Afghan political leadership must unify or risk the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops that has officially begun bringing more bitter fighting.Rahmat Gul/APShow MoreShow Less
2of12Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation gives an interview to The Associated Press at the Sapidar Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, May 1, 2021. Afghanistan s chief peace negotiator says the often fractured Afghan political leadership must unify or risk the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops that has officially begun bringing more bitter fighting.Rahmat Gul/APShow MoreShow Less
AP INTERVIEW: Peace chief says Afghan gov t must step up
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Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, right, meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, at the Sapidar Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, April 15, 2021. Blinken made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Thursday to sell Afghan leaders and a wary public on President Joe Biden s decision to withdraw all American troops from the country and end America s longest-running war. (Sapidar Palace via AP) world
Blinken in Afghanistan to sell U.S. troop withdrawal Today 05:30 am JST Today | 06:41 am JST KABUL, Afghanistan
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Thursday to sell Afghan leaders and a wary public on President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw all American troops from the country and end America s longest war.
“We respect the decision and are adjusting our priorities,” Ghani told Blinken, expressing gratitude for the sacrifices of US troops.
Later, in a meeting with Abdullah Abdullah, who heads the National Reconciliation Council, Blinken repeated his message, saying that “we have a new chapter, but it is a new chapter that we’re writing together.”
“We are grateful to your people, your country, your administration,” Abdullah said.
NATO immediately followed Biden s lead on Wednesday, saying its roughly 7,000 non-American forces in Afghanistan would be departing within a few months, ending the foreign military presence that had been a fact of life for a generation of Afghans already reeling from more than 40 years of conflict.