Blinken Reiterates ‘Steadfast Support’ for US-Afghan Partnership 2021-05-16 35 1 minute read Kabul (BNA) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday spoke with President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on the phone and the two sides discussed the regional efforts to advance the Afghan peace process and the recent waves of violence including the attack on Sayed Al-Shuhada school that martyred over 60 students and wounded 150 more. Secretary Blinken conveyed Eid greetings and expressed his deepest condolences to the families of those lost in recent violence in Afghanistan, including in the horrific attack on a girls’ school in Kabul last week, the US State Department said in a statement.