Tag: Afghanistan Peace Process

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan:  Four countries on Friday agreed to create a new quadripartite consultation forum to support the peace process in Afghanistan. The decision was reached during a meeting in Tashkent involving Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov, Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar, and Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, as well as US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad. They emphasized that peace and regional ties are mutually reinforcing, given the importance of regional ties for the development of long-term peace and stability in Afghanistan and the region, the...