Mike Pompeo: Time to Send Afghanistan on ‘Next Step in Its Trajectory’ with Peace Talks

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Breitbart

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters on the way to Doha, Qatar, that the United States is committed to ending the war in Afghanistan once and for all and eventually reducing American forces on the ground there to zero.

Pompeo is, as President Donald Trump announced at a White House press briefing on Thursday, attending talks between the Afghan government and Taliban leadership in Doha to begin the peace process and eventually end America’s longest war. The summit, which will be on Saturday, comes a day after the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Pompeo will arrive in Doha the evening of Sept. 11, and has a series of meetings lined up with Afghan and Taliban leaders on Saturday Sept. 12 in Doha. On his return trip to Washington, DC, Pompeo will stop in Cypress to meet with its president. Breitbart News is accompanying the Secretary on the historic trip to Doha.

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9 minutes ago, Geee said:

Breitbart

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters on the way to Doha, Qatar, that the United States is committed to ending the war in Afghanistan once and for all and eventually reducing American forces on the ground there to zero.

 

 

Just because someone in a conservative does not prevent them from being 1. Extremely Naive 2. Dumber than dirt.

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Ah the Vox Popui Speaks.

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BUSH IS A GLOBALIST PIECE OF EXCREMENT AS WAS HIS OLD BOHEMIAN GROVE DADDY!!

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Samuel Sam Hammerstrike • 3 hours ago • edited

Islamic extremists really aren't as big of a threat as the MSM claims them to be. They *are* a big threat in Kashmir, Europe, much of Southwest Asia, and the Middle East, but not so much in the U.S.

Even 9/11 wasn't achieved without the help of the C.I.A. Don't worry about Muslim immigrants and refugees, because the HHS inoculates them to a point where they're unable to function like normal human beings.

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Pompeo says negotiations in Afghanistan likely to be 'contentious'

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday said that negotiations set to start this weekend between the warring parties in Afghanistan will likely be “contentious” but are necessary. 

Pompeo made the remarks while en route to  Doha, Qatar, where the intra-Afghan talks are expected to begin Saturday. The talks mark a major milestone in implementing the withdrawal agreement the Trump administration signed with the Taliban in February.

“It’s taken us longer than I wish that it had to get from February 29th to here, but we expect Saturday morning, for the first time in almost two decades, to have the Afghans sitting at the table together prepared to have what will be contentious discussions about how to bring – move their country forward to reduce violence and deliver what the Afghan people are demanding: a reconciled Afghanistan with a government that reflects the country, that isn’t at war,” Pompeo said.

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Saleh Blames Taliban for Maintaining Ties with Al Qaeda

Sharif Amiry

Dec. 27 2020

First Vice President Amrullah on Sunday said that the Taliban still maintains ties with al Qaeda and that their separation “is harder than desalination.”

Saleh on Twitter wrote that Afghan forces killed three al-Qaeda members in a Taliban compound in southern Afghanistan ten months after the Taliban committed to separate itself from the network as part of their deal with the United States.

But Mawlawi Abdul Hakim Sharaee, a member of the Taliban’s leadership council, said that the group will not allow any foreign fighters to use Afghanistan’s soil against any other country.

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