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Volume No. 4204 Saturday June 29, 2019 Saratan 08, 1398 www.outlookafghanistan.net Price: 20/-Afs NATO Vows Continued Ghani, Imran Stress Military, Financial New Beginning Support to Afghanistan US Reaffirms Support to RS Mission in Afghanistan of Cordial Ties BRUSSELS - US Acting Secretary President Ashraf Ghani and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens of Defense Mark Esper has reaf- stressed cordial relations and joint cooperation in future and learning from past mistakes Stoltenberg on Thursday renewed the alliance firmed Washington’s commit- in order not to repeat them, a statement from the Presidential Palace said. financial support for the Afghan security forces ment to NATO Resolute Support through 2024. (RS) mission in Afghanistan, ac- ...(More on P4)...(3) cording to a statement on Friday. “On Afghanistan, the United Seventh Round States remains fully committed to the NATO-led Resolute Support of US-Taliban Talks mission alongside our allies and partners,” Esper told reporters to Begin Today after NATO Defence Ministers meeting here. NATO had a significant presence and a critical role in develop- ing the Afghan National Secu- rity Forces, he said added the US strongly supported Ambassador Khalilzad’s efforts at the negoti- ating table. “We never forget our purpose in KABUL - The seventh round of talks between the Afghanistan which was to pro- United States and the Taliban group will begin to- tect our citizens and our home- day in Doha, the capital city of Qatar. lands by denying terrorists a safe Both sides are supposed to counsel on the conflict- haven,” he recalled. Esper hailed ing issues in this round of talks. NATO secretary general’s lead- According to the familiar sources with the nego- ership role.Referring to tension tiations, the withdrawal of foreigner forces from with Iran, he said, The Iranian re- Afghanistan and ensuring Afghanistan not to be a gime had been sowing chaos and threat to other countries in the world are the main conflict in the Middle East for 40 KABUL - President Ghani, at the After a ceremonial welcome, the two They were later joined by their re- topics of the negotiations. years. The United States was by head of a high-level delegation, ar- leaders discussed the whole gamut of spective aides where the two sides, At the same time, there are high expectations in no means the instigator of recent rived in Islamabad on thursday and relationship as well as current efforts according to officials, had “frank and Kabul from this round of talks between the U.S. tensions in the Strait of Hormuz. held a meeting with Pakistan PM Im- seeking peaceful end to the lingering candid” discussions. and the Taliban. ...(More on P4)...(2) ran Khan. conflict in Afghanistan. ..(More on P4)...(1) ...(More on P4)...(4)