ISLAMABAD: The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad and the Resolute Support Mission Commander General Austin Scott Miller met Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa in Islamabad on Tuesday.
According to a statement issued by the US embassy in Pakistan, the U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad and Resolute Support Mission Commander General Austin Scott Miller visited Islamabad on April 14.
During the meeting, Ambassador Khalilzad and General Miller discussed the United States’ ongoing efforts for sustainable peace in Afghanistan with the Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa.
The army chief, during the meeting, reaffirmed their support for U.S. efforts and renewed their commitment to act to advance a political settlement to the conflict.
Earlier, the United States and Taliban had signed a landmark peace agreement in Doha bringing an end to the nearly two decades’ old war in Afghanistan on 29 February.
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad and representative of Taliban Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar had signed the agreement.
The signing ceremony was witnessed by Qatari Emir, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and his counterparts from seven countries and representatives from fifty countries.
The agreement paves the way for United States and other foreign countries to withdraw their troops from Afghanistan in return for different commitments from the banned outfit organizations.
According to the agreement, the Afghan government would free 5,000 Taliban inmates, whereas the Taliban in exchange would free 1,000 Afghan security force personnel.
PM Imran Khan had termed the US-Taliban peace agreement as a big diplomatic victory of Pakistan.
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