Pompeo said Washington will reduce help to Afghanistan

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced a reduction in American assistance to Afghanistan by $ 1 billion.

On Monday, he visited Kabul, where he held negotiations with both applicants for the post of head of state - the current President Ashraf Gani and the former head of the executive branch Abdullah Abdlullah. Negotiations were carried out both eyes on the face with each of the Afghan politicians, and the three of them.

After these meetings, Pompeo flew to Dochu, where he talked with the heads of the Taliban for 75 minutes. It was with the Taliban that the agreement on the world was signed a few weeks ago, which stipulated the gradual withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan.

The agreement has already been repeatedly violated. Meanwhile, Gani and Abdula continue the dispute about which of them won the presidential election in Afghanistan in September last year.

Pompeo tried to convince both to achieve a compromise. However, he had to admit that his efforts did not give a result.

To whom and when a billion dollars will be sent yet, has not yet been reported. Sources in Washington report that if, nevertheless, the consent between Gani and Abdullah is reached in Kabul, then the decision on the “review” of a billion can be reviewed.

The United States is also ready to reduce assistance in 2021 by the same amount and conduct an analysis of all programs and projects to identify opportunities for additional abbreviations and revise their promises at future conferences of donors in Afghanistan, ”the Pompeo statement said.

The statement of the head of American diplomacy appeared when he flew home after barren attempts to put an end to competing claims on the presidency of Gani and Abdullah Abdullah and enlist their consent to the formation of the “inclusive government”.

A sharp statement made at the end of the trip, which he went to, despite the global epidemic of coronavirus, emphasizes how the US efforts led by the longest war in the history of America and decades of expanse in Afghanistan were seriously stared.