Washington: The US said on Tuesday that one of the many concerns about Afghanistan is that it could turn into a civil war.
Since the United States announced plans in April to withdraw its troops unconditionally by September 11 after nearly 20 years of conflict, violence has escalated across the country. Taliban Wants more area.
Peace talks between the Afghan government and Taliban negotiators began in Qatar’s capital Doha last year, but no concrete progress has been made. US State Department spokesman Ned Price said the Taliban “see the usefulness of the negotiated solution they are engaged in Doha.”
“If they want to violate what they have said, they will be an international pariah … and the concern of all of us, one of the many concerns is that the result will be a civil war,” Price told reporters. .
Taliban and Afghan government far away in Doha talks, rebels demand “lion’s share of power” in any new government, US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzadi Said earlier on Tuesday.
Sporadic gunfire followed a car bombing near the heavily fortified “green zone” in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, killing three civilians and three attackers, security officials said.
“It has all the hallmarks of the escalation of Taliban attacks in recent weeks,” Price said. “We categorically condemn the bombing.”
In a statement on Tuesday condemning the attack on United Nations Last week in Afghanistan, the United Nations Security Council also expressed its “deep concern about the high level of violence in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s military offensive, and called for an immediate reduction of violence.”
The council called on the Taliban and the Afghan government to “become meaningfully involved in an inclusive, Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process”.
Since the United States announced plans in April to withdraw its troops unconditionally by September 11 after nearly 20 years of conflict, violence has escalated across the country. Taliban Wants more area.
Peace talks between the Afghan government and Taliban negotiators began in Qatar’s capital Doha last year, but no concrete progress has been made. US State Department spokesman Ned Price said the Taliban “see the usefulness of the negotiated solution they are engaged in Doha.”
“If they want to violate what they have said, they will be an international pariah … and the concern of all of us, one of the many concerns is that the result will be a civil war,” Price told reporters. .
Taliban and Afghan government far away in Doha talks, rebels demand “lion’s share of power” in any new government, US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzadi Said earlier on Tuesday.
Sporadic gunfire followed a car bombing near the heavily fortified “green zone” in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, killing three civilians and three attackers, security officials said.
“It has all the hallmarks of the escalation of Taliban attacks in recent weeks,” Price said. “We categorically condemn the bombing.”
In a statement on Tuesday condemning the attack on United Nations Last week in Afghanistan, the United Nations Security Council also expressed its “deep concern about the high level of violence in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s military offensive, and called for an immediate reduction of violence.”
The council called on the Taliban and the Afghan government to “become meaningfully involved in an inclusive, Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process”.
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