{"id":7431,"date":"2020-09-11T10:43:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T10:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=7431"},"modified":"2020-09-11T10:43:03","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T10:43:03","slug":"usa-welcomes-afghan-peace-negotiations-beginning-on-12-sep-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/usa-welcomes-afghan-peace-negotiations-beginning-on-12-sep-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Welcomes Afghan Peace Negotiations Beginning on 12 Sep 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"m_206497008941898582size-15\" lang=\"x-size-15\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7432\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/pompeo_afghan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/pompeo_afghan.png 500w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/pompeo_afghan-300x238.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>Washington; 11 Sep 2020 &#8211; The United States has welcomed the announcement that Afghanistan peace negotiations will begin on September 12th.\u00a0 Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo has said in a statement that the start of these talks marks a historic opportunity for Afghanistan to bring an end to four decades of war and bloodshed. \u00a0The people of Afghanistan have carried the burden of war for too long. \u00a0They yearn for peace. \u00a0Only through an Afghan-owned, Afghan-led political process &#8212; one that respects the views of all Afghan communities, including women and ethnic and religious minorities &#8212; can the parties achieve a durable peace.<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"m_206497008941898582size-15\" lang=\"x-size-15\">Mr. Pompeo further said that this opportunity must not be squandered. \u00a0Immense sacrifice and investment by the United States, our partners, and the people of Afghanistan have made this moment of hope possible.\u00a0 I urge the negotiators to demonstrate the pragmatism, restraint, and flexibility this process will require to succeed. \u00a0The people of Afghanistan and the international community will be watching closely. \u00a0The United States is prepared to support as requested.<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"m_206497008941898582size-15\" lang=\"x-size-15\">The United States recalls the commitment by the Afghan government and the Taliban that terrorists can never again use Afghan soil to threaten the United States or its allies.\u00a0 Now is the time for peace for Afghanistan.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington; 11 Sep 2020 &#8211; The United States has welcomed the announcement that Afghanistan peace negotiations will begin on September 12th.\u00a0 Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo has said in a statement that the start of these talks marks a historic opportunity for Afghanistan to bring an end to four decades of war and bloodshed. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,46],"tags":[162,510,122],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7431"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7433,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7431\/revisions\/7433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}