FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2019, file photo, Afghanistan national security adviser Hamdullah Mohib, left, shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi before proceeding to their meeting at the Zhongnanhai Leadership Compound in Beijing. Hamdullah Mohib is blasting U.S. talks with the Taliban, saying the Trump administration has alienated the Afghan government, legitimized the militant network and is crafting a deal that will never lead to peace. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)

Afghan official blasts US talks with Taliban

By The Associated Press March 14, 2019 at 3:47pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — Afghanistan’s national security adviser is blasting U.S. reconciliation talks with the Taliban.

Hamdullah Mohib (moh-HEEB) on Thursday accused the Trump administration of alienating the Afghan government, legitimizing the Taliban and crafting a deal that will never lead to peace.

His blunt remarks to reporters at a morning briefing at the Afghan Embassy prompted an afternoon scolding by State Department officials, who insist the U.S. is not keeping the Afghan government in the dark about the talks led by a U.S. envoy.

Mohib also took aim at the Afghan-born envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad (kah-LEEL-zad), alleging that Khalilzad is undermining the Afghan government, possibly because he has ambitions of someday leading the nation himself.

The State Department dismissed Mohib’s comments, saying they undermine U.S. relations with Afghanistan.

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