KABUL, Afghanistan—The first visit to Kabul by Washington’s peace envoy since Afghanistan’s squabbling political leadership reached a power-sharing agreement comes amid increased violence blamed mostly on an ISIS affiliate that has been targeted in stepped-up U.S. bombing.
Zalmay Khalilzad, in a flurry of tweets May 21, told of his meetings in Doha earlier in the week with Taliban representatives and on May 20 with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and fellow leader Abdullah Abdullah. All were aimed at resuscitating a U.S.–Taliban peace deal signed in February.
