US Secretary of State discusses Afghan peace procedure with Pakistan military chief

through Sajjad Hussain    Islamabad, Apr 14 (PTI) US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken on Wednesday spoke to Pakistan army chief well-known Qamar Javed Bajwa and discussed matters of mutual activity and regional safety situation including newest developments in Afghan peace process.    all the way through the telephonic conversation, matters of mutual pastime, regional safety condition together with newest trends in Afghan Peace technique and bilateral cooperation in quite a lot of fields had been discussed, the military pointed out in an announcement.    normal Bajwa observed that Pakistan will always aid "Afghan-led and Afghan-owned Peace method in response to mutual consensus of all stakeholders".    Secretary Blinken also "stated Pakistan's continuous efforts for peace and stability in the area and pledged to extra raise bilateral family members between each international locations," based on the military.    The Pakistan military, which has dominated P akistan for more than half of its 72 plus years of existence, has hitherto wielded considerable vigor within the concerns of protection and overseas policy.    Blinken made the name simply ahead of the formal announcement of US President Joe Biden involving troops withdrawal from Afghanistan through September 11 this yr, two many years after the dual towers attack induced invasion of the nation.    the united states and the Taliban signed a landmark deal in Doha on February 29, 2020 to bring lasting peace in battle-torn Afghanistan and enable US troops to come back home from the usa's longest battle.    under the USA-Taliban pact signed in Doha, the us agreed to withdraw all its troopers from Afghanistan in 14 months.    due to the fact the united states-led invasion that ousted the Taliban after the September 11, 2001 assaults, the united states has spent more than USD 1 trillion in combating and rebuilding in Afghanistan.    About 2,four hundred US soldiers had been killed, along with tens of lots of Afghan troops, Taliban insurgents and Afghan civilians. PTI SH ZHZH