“(The United States) thinks Doha isn’t working and needs impetus and an alternate approach,” said one diplomatic source who closely follows the process. In Kabul, Khalilzad met Abdullah Abdullah, the chief peace envoy, President Ashraf Ghani and other political and civil society leaders, including former President Hamid Karzai. “We’re considering a number of different ideas that might accelerate the process,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters on Friday. Ghani made a fiery speech in Afghanistan’s parliament on Saturday, repeating his refusal to step aside for an interim government. “We don’t believe any other conference in any country would help resolve the Afghan conflict,” he said.

Source: Egypt Independent March 06, 2021 20:03 UTC