EXCLUSIVE: Afghan adviser refuses U.S. demand to apologize for broadside on Trump envoy
The Taliban, which considers itself the rightful government in Afghanistan, has long sought direct talks with the U.S. and finally achieved that goal with Khalilzad, who was born in Afghanistan and previously served as U.S. ambassador there.
The Trump administration responded by saying it had summoned Mohib to the State Department so that Undersecretary of State David Hale could personally “reject” the comments and inform Mohib that his comments “only serve to hinder the bilateral relationship and the peace process.” The tensions burst into the open in the meeting between Mohib and Hale, the individuals said, with the Afghan adviser telling the American that he had not been freelancing but rather delivering a message with the full support of Ghani, the Afghan leader.
They said that while the Afghan government’s misgivings about the U.S. approach were understandable, Mohib had erred in thinking that such a public rebuke of the U.S. would do anything but make things worse.
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