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US Working Hard to Ease Intra-Afghan Talks: Ambassador

Sunday, August 25, 2019
Kabul 9BNA) The US Ambassador in Kabul, John Bass, who visited the northern province of Balkh on Saturday, said that both election and peace are important but peace in Afghanistan is the “highest priority” for the United States because it is the highest priority for the Afghan people as well.
John Bass said the Afghan election should be held on its scheduled time if there is a hurdle in the way of the peace process.
“Both are important for the United States.  Peace is our highest priority because it is also the highest priority of the Afghan people.  And every day, we have Afghans telling us that peace is their highest priority, “Bass said.  “So, we are working very hard to create that opportunity for Afghans to sit together, to negotiate, to work out their differences and to try to achieve a durable peace agreement which is accepted by most of the people of this country and is therefore implemented.”
According to US ambassador, his country and its allies would have a confidence that there would be no terrorist attacks from inside Afghanistan in the future and if the Taliban want to see intentional forces depart, then they are going to have to demonstrate how it is that they will help ensure that there are no future terrorist threats against the United States or our allies and partners from Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, Balkh governor Mohammad Ishaq Rahguzar said that the peace talks, the election, and security were the main agenda of his meeting with the US ambassador. “We discussed how to increase our operations against militants and undertake plans to prevent the militants from disrupting the elections,” he said.  The US envoy’s trip to Balkh comes as the residents of the province recently expressed their concerns over the security of the province and said it will not allow them to show a wide presence in the upcoming presidential election.

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