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Afghanistan
As Violence Intensifies, Abdullah Asks Taliban to Engage in Talks
2021-06-19
[ToloNews] Abdullah Abdullah
...the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against both Karzai and Ghani. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun. He also held the meaningless salaried sop position as CEO of Afghanistan, while Ghani was president...
, head of the High Council for National Reconciliation, in an address to Antalya Diplomacy Forum in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
on Friday called on the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
to engage in talks, reiterating that there is a "real opportunity" for peace in the country that should be utilized.

"There is a real opportunity for peace, and it is our collective obligation to make the most of it," Abdullah said. "The Afghan crisis has no military solution; hence I urge the Taliban to engage in good faith in talks and negotiations with the Islamic Theocratic Republic of Afghanistan as soon as possible and help bring an end to the violence."

Abdullah said that the world spent 20 years in Afghanistan, not only to contain terrorism but also prevent a breeding ground from re-emergence.

"We are thankful for that generous and costly global endeavor. We are now at a point where we not only need to end our internal conflict through political means, but we still need to be vigilant and assure resilience as well as containment as part of a paradigm shift that can assure peace and an acceptable and inclusive end-state for the people of Afghanistan," he said.

This comes as violence has intensified following the start of the withdrawal of US and coalition forces from Afghanistan. A parliamentary committee on Thursday reported fighting on 200 fronts across the country in just a day. Moreover, at least 30 districts have fallen to the Taliban in the last two months.

The negotiations in Doha have stalled after the announcement of the withdrawal of US and coalition forces by President Joe Biden
...... 46th president of the U.S. Old, boring, a plagiarist, fond of hair sniffing and grabbing the protruding parts of women, and not whatcha call brilliant... or is that an act?......
. The negotiating teams from the Afghan Republic and the Taliban held a meeting later this week, discussing ways to hold future meetings, but the high level of violence has diminished hopes for a progress in the negotiations.

Moreover, top Pentagon officials on Thursday said that turban groups like al Qaeda could pose a threat from Afghanistan to the United States and American allies in two years after the full withdrawal of international troops from the country.

While in Turkey, Abdullah met with foreign ministers of Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
and Pakistain.

In meeting with Iran Foreign Minister Javad Zarif
...foreign minister of the Medes and the Persians, Mouthpiece of Mullahs, good friend of John Kerry and similar exemplars of Merkin values...
, Abdullah said they exchanged views on the Afghan grinding of the peace processor, intra-Afghan talks, the latest political and security developments, and the two countries bilateral relations.

Abdullah said in another tweet that he had a "detailed and frank discussion" with Pakistain Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Wormtongue Qureshi
...a Pak political shape-changer. He is undistinguished except for his habit of periodically needing to have his lips reattached...
and that they exchanged views on the grinding of the peace processor and bilateral relations.

Abdullah said that Qureshi assured him of "Pakistain’s full support for the acceleration of peace talks and stability in Afghanistan."
Another Tolo News article adds:
The remarks come as a UN report in January said there are at least 500 al Qaeda gunnies in Afghanistan and that the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
maintains a close relationship with the group. The Taliban has denied having ties with al Qaeda.
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