Trump to Meet Top Officials to Discuss Afghan Peace Deal
Deal could be finalized in a matter of days
Jason Ditz
President Trump will meet Friday with a number of top national security officials, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, and John Bolton. The focus is expected to be the Afghanistan peace deal
US envoy Zalmay Khalilizad has been working for months on this deal, and reports of a possible pact announcement this week were put off with the announcement so both sides could “consult their respective leaderships.“
It wasn’t clear what that meant at the time, but now the indication is that the Khalilzad deal is all set to go, and Friday’s meeting will be about the possibility of Trump accepting it, and agreeing to end the war.
If all goes well Friday, Khalilzad is expected to head to Doha this weekend to meet with the Taliban delegation. Expectations are that a peace deal would be announced officially around Monday, which is Afghan Independence Day.
US envoy Zalmay Khalilizad has been working for months on this deal, and reports of a possible pact announcement this week were put off with the announcement so both sides could “consult their respective leaderships.“
It wasn’t clear what that meant at the time, but now the indication is that the Khalilzad deal is all set to go, and Friday’s meeting will be about the possibility of Trump accepting it, and agreeing to end the war.
If all goes well Friday, Khalilzad is expected to head to Doha this weekend to meet with the Taliban delegation. Expectations are that a peace deal would be announced officially around Monday, which is Afghan Independence Day.
posted by Satish Sharma at
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