Posted on 10/09/2021 8:10:36 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
A U.S. delegation will meet with Taliban officials in Doha, Qatar Saturday and Sunday in the first in-person meeting between the U.S. and Taliban since the late August withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan.
The meeting, first reported by Reuters, will include the State Department’s deputy special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation Tom West and USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance assistant to the administrator Sarah Charles.
While it is not clear who will be attending as part of the Taliban’s delegation, senior administration officials told Reuters that cabinet-level members of the Taliban would be in attendance.
A State Department spokesperson confirmed the meeting to The Washington Times Saturday.
“Our key priorities are the continued safe passage out of Afghanistan of U.S. and other foreign nationals and Afghans to whom we have a special commitment who seek to leave the country and holding the Taliban to its commitment not to allow terrorists to use Afghan soil to threaten the security of the United States or its allies. We will reaffirm that we continue to hold the Taliban to their commitments,” the spokesperson said.
The State Department made clear that the two-day meeting “is not about granting recognition or conferring legitimacy” and said that “any legitimacy must be earned through the Taliban’s own actions.”
The meeting comes as Afghanistan confronts an urgent financial and humanitarian crisis.
“We are in a very poor spot to try to help the women, the girls, and the average Afghans right now,” the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, John F. Sopko, said Wednesday before a House panel.
He said the U.S. and international community face a difficult path ahead in providing aid to the Afghan people on the precipice of a humanitarian and economic disaster.
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I figured that out and apologized.
Meeting is to see how many pallets of $100 bills the Taliban want (under the guise of providing aid to Afghan civilians). Next we’ll hear how the Taliban have promised not to steal any of the money and what trustworthy fellows they are.
Joe Biden does not give a ****. Oh the Democrats were supposed to be for women's rights? Too **** bad.
Another bIDEN MESS.
That’s kind of what I was thinking too.
Negotiating with terrorists works out...how well?
“Infidel dogs, we have your Secretary of State prisoner! Give us fifty million dollars or we will release him!”
"Are you telling me, I've been marked down? I've been kidnapped by K-Mart!"
Great. A bunch of liberal, weenie, Leftist, Muslim apologists talking to blood thirsty savages, who were shown that the US is being run by complete incompetents.
This will be awesome.
Great. A bunch of liberal, weenie, Leftist, Muslim apologists talking to blood thirsty savages, who were shown that the US is being run by complete incompetents.
This will be awesome.
The purple hair woman will really impress them.
They will secretly promise loads of cash on a regular basis if they release all Americans so as to get biden out from under this and lie to the American people of his strength and ability to lead (puke)
Don’t forget all the gay men and beta males. Warriors, all of them. Very impressive.
The meeting comes as Afghanistan confronts an urgent financial and humanitarian crisis.
How much money are they going to be given? US taxpayer directly funding terrorists and our enemies.
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