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2020-03-26 Afghanistan
Pompeo Says His Visit to Afghanistan Was ‘Very Frustrating’
[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday he was frustrated after a daylong visit to Afghanistan this week in which he failed to mediate an end to a leadership feud between President Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money...
and political rival 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...
"I’ll be honest, it was very frustrating," Pompeo said at a State Department news briefing. However,
some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them...
he said efforts would continue to convince all the parties in the conflict to embrace peace and reconciliation and that he remained optimistic about the prospects for intra-Afghan peace talks.
Posted by Fred 2020-03-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top

#1 When you walk into a public toilet expecting a candy store, yeah, that's "frustrating."
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-03-26 04:39||   2020-03-26 04:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Well put. Would have liked the option to Talibunnies. "Surrender all arms or we will kill all of you".
Posted by Woodrow 2020-03-26 08:49||   2020-03-26 08:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Now you know how the Chinese felt when they help kick the Japanese out of Korea.
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-03-26 08:59||   2020-03-26 08:59|| Front Page Top

#4 The dude had to ride on a plane all the way there AND all the way back. Maybe next time he'l set up a video conference!...
What?
What do you mean they don't have video?
Just use the Internet.
...
They don't have Internet?!!!
...
Use Face2Face!
What...they don't have faces?
Posted by Skidmark 2020-03-26 18:29||   2020-03-26 18:29|| Front Page Top

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