Senior Afghan official publicly criticizes US negotiator Khalilzad on visit to Washington | World News, The Indian Express

Senior Afghan official publicly criticizes US negotiator Khalilzad on visit to Washington | World News, The Indian Express

By Reuters |Washington |Published: March 15, 2019 2:40:19 pm

Senior Afghan official publicly criticizes US negotiator Khalilzad on visit to Washington

NSA Hamdullah Mohib's comments to reporters were the most strident public complaints to date by an Afghan official over the Kabul's government's absence and the role of U.S. Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad, an Afghan-born veteran diplomat.

U.S. negotiators also are pressing the Taliban to accept a ceasefire and talks on Afghanistan’s political future with representatives of Afghan society, including President Ashraf Ghani’s government. (Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times/FILE)

A senior Afghan official on Thursday accused the U.S. peace negotiator of “delegitimizing” the Afghan government in an unusually public attack reflecting Kabul’s mounting alarm over its exclusion from U.S. talks with Taliban insurgents.