{"id":57765,"date":"2018-07-09T21:54:08","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T21:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/09\/pompeo-pushes-peace-talks-on-unannounced-trip-to-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:18:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:18:26","slug":"pompeo-pushes-peace-talks-on-unannounced-trip-to-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/07\/09\/pompeo-pushes-peace-talks-on-unannounced-trip-to-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Pompeo pushes peace talks on unannounced trip to Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KABUL, Afghanistan \u2014 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo used an unannounced trip to Afghanistan on Monday to step up the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/07\/08\/taliban-again-reject-afghan-offer-of-peace-talks-with-kabul\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Trump administration\u2019s calls for peace talks<\/a> between the Afghan government and the Taliban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flying into Kabul after visiting Vietnam, Pompeo made the appeal in meetings with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/03\/13\/a-bold-afghan-peace-offer-but-are-the-taliban-interested\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-925209618.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">A bold Afghan peace offer, but are the Taliban interested?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Afghanistan\u2019s President Ashraf Ghani has put a peace offer on the table, and analysts say the ball is now in the Taliban\u2019s court. But so far the militants are showing no sign of being interested.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe United States will support, facilitate and participate in these discussions,\u201d Pompeo later told journalists, stressing that any talks would be \u201cAfghan-led and Afghan-owned.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pompeo added: \u201cThe region and the world are all tired of what are taking place here in the same way that the Afghan people are no longer interested in seeing war.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, it remains unclear how the Taliban will take such an offer after nearly 17 years of war. The U.S. invaded Afghanistan following the Sept. 11 terror attacks by al-Qaida, which the Taliban government at the time had harbored.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/07\/09\/taliban-cease-fire-halted-fighting-but-not-the-corps-mission-in-helmand\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/MAR-Afghanistan-1-0702.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Taliban cease-fire halted fighting but not the Corps\u2019 mission in Helmand<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A third rotation of Marine advisers is slated to arrive this fall to replace the current task force of nearly 300 Marines.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since then, the insurgents have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/06\/03\/taliban-reject-us-commanders-statement-on-peace-talks\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">repeatedly rejected such calls<\/a>, demanding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/03\/23\/us-will-have-role-in-afghan-reconciliation-with-taliban\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">direct talks with the United States<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had extended a recent holiday cease-fire in hopes of encouraging the militants to come to the bargaining table, but the Taliban rejected the offer and resumed attacks. The Taliban have seized control of several districts across the country in recent years, and launch near-daily attacks, mainly targeting security forces. An increasingly powerful Islamic State affiliate has also stepped up attacks in recent months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18190502991967.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18190502991967.jpg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18190502991967.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18190502991967.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaks during, a press conference with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 9, 2018. Pompeo used an unannounced trip Monday to Afghanistan to step up the Trump administration&#8217;s calls for peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban. (Rahmat Gul\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking at Monday\u2019s news conference, Ghani praised the Trump administration\u2019s South Asia strategy, which included sending more American forces and pressuring neighboring Pakistan to do more to stop militants coming over its border into Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBecause of this strategy and the conditions-based nature of it, we, the members of the government, have been able to take bold steps outside the box and articulate an agenda of peace that is truly comprehensive and asks for engagement,\u201d Ghani said, citing the recent cease-fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/30\/why-should-the-us-stay-in-afghanistan-the-commander-of-coalition-forces-offers-his-views-as-he-departs\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/28115363899_8d241a916c_k.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Why should the US stay in Afghanistan? Here\u2019s what the top commander there said.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">US forces needed to further suppress militant groups, realize Afghan gains, Nicholson said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pompeo also added, perhaps optimistically given Afghanistan\u2019s long history of resisting foreign forces, that the Taliban were \u201cbeginning to see that they cannot wait us out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pompeo left Afghanistan for the United Arab Emirates, where he will meet Abu Dhabi\u2019s powerful crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a staunch U.S. ally, amid his country\u2019s war in Yemen. The UAE is highly suspicious of Iran and welcomed President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Associated Press writer Rahim Faiez contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo used an unannounced trip to Afghanistan on Monday to step up the Trump administration\u2019s calls for peace talks between the Afghan government and the 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