Blinken Discusses Afghan Peace Process With Pakistan s Qureshi
May 17, 2021
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi have discussed the Afghan peace process and the war on terror during a phone call.
U.S. President Joe Biden last month announced the withdrawal of the remaining 2,500 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September 11, four months later than a May 1 deadline agreed to with the Taliban by the previous administration of Donald Trump. NATO has said it would follow the same timetable for withdrawing the more than 7,000 allied forces.
In their phone conversation, Blinken and Qureshi highlighted the importance of continued cooperation on the Afghan peace process, Pakistan’s progress on countering terrorism, and the potential to expand our trade and commercial ties and to improve regional connectivity in South Asia, the U.S. State Department said in a statement late on May 16.
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