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US special envoy for Afghanistan Thomas West is set to visit Qatar coming week to hold addresses with the Taliban.
I can confirm that coming week Special Representative for Afghanistan Tom West will return to Doha for two weeks of meetings with Taliban leaders there,”State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said in a press briefing on Tuesday ( original time).
“They’ll bandy our vital public interests when it comes to Afghanistan, that includes counterterrorism, that includes a safe passage for US citizens and for Afghans to whom we’ve a special commitment and that includes philanthropic backing and the profitable situation of the country,”he added.
Before this month West had said that Washington is upset about the shaft in attacks by Islamic State in Afghanistan and remains concerned about al Qaeda’s presence in the country.
Recently appointed US special envoy spoke to journalists by telephone from Belgium, where he briefed NATO abettors on the issues concerning Afghanistan.
He also held consultations on a” road chart”toward recognition of the Taliban government after the US troop retirement in August, TOLOnews reported.
“The Taliban have raised veritably easily and openly their desire to homogenize relations with the transnational community, to see a resumption in aid, to see a return of the transnational politic community to Kabul and to see warrants relief,”he said.
