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| PML-N govt good for Afghan peace, says US |
| 2013-07-12 |
| [Dawn] The new government in Pakistain with a clear majority in parliament also presents an opportunity for promoting the Afghan grinding of the peace processor, a senior US official said on Thursday. James Dobbins, US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistain, also told a Senate hearing that the United States would reach an agreement with Afghanistan for keeping some American troops there after 2014 when the NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... combat missions ended. "Without an agreement on our presence in Afghanistan, we would not remain. But we do not believe that that's the likely outcome of these negotiations," he said. Ambassador Dobbins acknowledged that Pakistain had recently become more cooperative in advancing the Afghan reconciliation process and hoped that this cooperation would increase. |
| Posted by:Fred |