New Delhi, August 6: United States special representative for Afghan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad on Tuesday arrived in New Delhi to hold dialogues with the Indian government in order to “build international consensus” over the pertaining Afghan peace process to put an end to 18-year-long civil war and crisis in Afghanistan.
According to ANI news reports, Khalilzad took it to twitter to inform about his scheduled trip to New Delhi on Monday.
He wrote: “I will travel to #Delhi later today for pre-scheduled meetings to further build international consensus in support of the AfghanPeaceProcess.”
نن وروسته به ډهلي ته ولاړ شم چې له وړاندې نه تنظیم شوې ملاقاتونه وکړم تر څو د افغانستان د سولې د بهیر په ملاتړ نړیواله اجماع نوره هم پیاوړې کړو.
— U.S. Special Representative Thomas West (@US4AfghanPeace) August 5, 2019
Khalilzad’s trip to India follows his eight-round of Afghan peace talks. He has been holding talks with the representatives of the Taliban in Doha, Qatar.
He said, “Building on excellent progress in Kabul last week, I’ve spent the last few days in Doha, focused on the remaining issues in completing a potential deal with the Taliban that would allow for a conditions-based troop withdrawal. We have made excellent progress.”