The US says India has played a responsible role in the economic development of Afghanistan. Speaking at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the State Department, Alice Wells said India, over the last several years, play a responsible role in the economic development and reconstruction of Afghanistan and that role has been appreciated by the government of Afghanistan.
Ms Wells ruled out a recent request from the Taliban for a direct talk with the White House unless it engages with the elected government of Afghanistan. She said, the insurgents and the Afghan need to engage in a conversation with one another as well as with other interested parties to the settlement.
She said there is a way to end the conflict with the international support and it is now up to the Taliban leaders to respond to the serious offer of talks from the Afghan President. The Afghan President Ashraf Ghani recently laid out some important principles about the implementation of the peace process at a conference in Kabul.
Source: AIR