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On Monday, the U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made an unannounced stopover in Afghanistan as a part of his diplomatic and strategic visit to the Middle East and South Asia. Amid a tight security setup, in his brief (just a few hours) visit, Tillerson met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, and other senior Afghan officials in Bagram Airbase. This was Secretary Tillerson’s first visit to Afghanistan since the Trump administration drafted its new strategic approach to the country, where the United States is continuing its longest war that began in 2001.
Here are some key points from the brief press conference held by Mr. Tillerson,
- Afghan President Ghani assured Tillerson of continued reform in the country and talked about the preparations for a general election in 2018.
- When asked by a reported on Pakistan’s harboring of militants and U.S. stance towards the country, Tillerson said, “I’ll be traveling to Islamabad tomorrow, in fact, to meet with Pakistani leadership as well, and we have made some very specific requests of Pakistan in order for them to take action to undermine the support that the Taliban receives and the other terrorist organizations receive in Pakistan. And we’ve said in this whole strategy this is a conditions-based approach, and so our relationship with Pakistan will also be conditions-based. It will be based upon whether they take action that we feel is necessary to move the process forward of both creating the opportunity for reconciliation and peace in Afghanistan, but also ensuring a stable future Pakistan.”
- The United States to stay in Afghanistan until a process of peace and reconciliation can be secured.
- On Taliban issue, the Secretary said, “we have to continue the fight against the Taliban and against others in order for them to understand they will never win a military victory. And there are, we believe, moderate voices among the Taliban, voices that do not want to continue to fight forever. They don’t want their children to fight forever. So we are looking to engage with those voices and have them engage in a reconciliation process leading to a peace process and their full involvement and participation in the government. There’s a place for them in the government if they’re ready to come renouncing terrorism, renouncing violence, and being committed to a stable, prosperous Afghanistan.”
- Tillerson once again praised India’s positive involvement in the region.
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