{"id":63515,"date":"2018-08-27T21:49:26","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T21:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/08\/27\/russia-indefinitely-postpones-meeting-on-afghan-peace-talks\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:31:07","slug":"russia-indefinitely-postpones-meeting-on-afghan-peace-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/08\/27\/russia-indefinitely-postpones-meeting-on-afghan-peace-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia indefinitely postpones meeting on Afghan peace talks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KABUL, Afghanistan \u2014 Russia postponed indefinitely a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/08\/26\/russian-peace-talks-raise-specter-of-shifting-influence-in-afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\"> meeting on the Afghan peace process<\/a> planned for next week, Afghan officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A statement released Monday by the office of the Afghan presidency said that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani have decided to postpone the meeting and hold it at a later date. President Ghani insists the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/08\/22\/us-rejects-invitation-to-join-russia-talks-on-afghanistan-unlikely-to-yield-progress\/\" target=_blank> peace talks <\/a>should be \u201cAfghan owned and led,\u201d according to the statement.<\/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\/08\/26\/russian-peace-talks-raise-specter-of-shifting-influence-in-afghanistan\/\" 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=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18236379867435.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 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