As part of his three-nation trip, the US Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad arrived in Kabul on Wednesday where he met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and exchanged views on the Afghan peace process.
“In this meeting, discussions were held on the peace process, practical steps before the start of the direct talks, the terms for the extension of a reduction in violence and the unofficial ceasefire,” tweeted Sediq Sediqqi, a spokesman for President Ashraf Ghani.
Khalilzad also travelled to Doha and Pakistan.
This comes hours after Pakistan’s Army Chief of Staff Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, who visited Kabul on Tuesday, held talks with President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, head of the High Council for National Reconciliation, and discussed peace efforts and Pakistan’s role.
A statement by the Presidential Palace said that President Ghani and Gen. Bajwa discussed Pakistan’s support for the peace process, and also discussed how “the soil of either country should not be used against the other.”
