Taliban must show a clear commitment to peace: Mike Pompeo

Tashkent: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who was in Uzbekistan as part of his ongoing foreign tour, has urged the Taliban to show clear signs that they were committed to reducing violence and promoting peace in Afghanistan. “What we are demanding now (of the Taliban) is demonstrable evidence of their will and capacity to reduce violence, to take down the threat, so the inter-Afghan talks will have a less violent context,” Efe news quoted Pompeo as saying at a press conference here on Monday. (IANS)

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