Pompeo in Kabul tried to reconcile Gani with Abdullah

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo completed an unexpected one -day visit to Kabul, not making any statements regarding negotiations with both politicians, each of which proclaimed himself the winner of the presidential election in September. Pompeo acted as an intermediary between Ashraf Gani, acting President of Afghanistan, and his main political rival, the former head of government Abdullah Abdullah.

The US State Department said that Pompeo went from Kabul to Dokhu, the capital of Qatar. According to the representative of the State Department, Mike Pompeo should meet in Doha on March 23 with representatives of the Taliban, led by the head of their delegation, Mullah Baradar. The American diplomat, in all likelihood, will continue to convince partners on negotiations of the need to comply with the peace agreement with Washington at the end of February this year.

The Associated Press agency, citing official sources in Kabul, said that Pompeo gave Gani and Abdulla the time up to March 24 to achieve a compromise in the dispute of the official results of presidential elements. However, by the time of the departure of Pompeo from Kabul there were no signs that the two leading Afghan politicians expressed their readiness to compromise. T On Hold the Start of Intra-Afghan Peace Talks That Would Include the Taliban.
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