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| India-Pakistan |
| Senior US official arrives to discuss Afghan peace |
| 2018-07-03 |
| [DAWN] A bigwig of the US State Department, Ambassador Alice Wells, reached Islamabad from Kabul on Monday to again ask Pak authorities for pressurising the Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... to join the grinding of the peace processor in Afghanistan. Ambassador Wells, deputy assistant secretary of state at the State Department’s Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, opened her trip with a meeting with Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua at the Foreign Office. She is expected to meet other civil and military officials on Tuesday. During her stay in Kabul, she had said that the Taliban’s refusal to join the political process was "unacceptable". She also accused the "Taliban ....who are not residing in Afghanistan" of being obstacle to the peace talks. She was apparently referring to Pakistain-based Taliban against whom the US has long asked for action. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Something of possible interest to movie goers. I'm told it will be released later this year. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-07-03 12:08 |
| #4 One of the Foggy Bottom people that should be sent on a fact-finding mission to Upper Chad until they 'get the message' and retire? |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-07-03 11:44 |
| #3 More house cleaning at Foggy Bottom. Thank you Darth Bolton. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-07-03 03:52 |
| #2 U.S. Foreign Service Officer (FSO) Wells was AMBO to Jordon during the Obama years. Previous to that assignment, she had been an Executive Assistance to Secretary of State Clinton. King Abdullah II disliked Wells and had quietly asked that she be replaced. Pres. Obama insisted she stay on. When Pres. Trump took office, she was one of the first to go. It should be noted that like most of us, 'King Ab' had absolutely no use for Obama, his policies or people. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-07-03 03:18 |
| #1 Ambassador Wells, deputy assistant secretary of state at the State Department’s Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Maybe Besoeker can weigh in here, but that title doesn't sound like a 'senior US official' to me. |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-07-03 00:16 |