US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Arrives in Kabul to Meet Afghan Politicians

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived on Monday in the Afghan capital.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Arrives in Kabul to Meet Afghan Politicians
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks to the media at the State Department in Washington, U.S., March 5, 2020. Yuri Gripas/Reuters
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KABUL—U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived on Monday in the Afghan capital, on a previously unannounced visit to help salvage a historic deal between Washington and the Taliban, struck in February but marred by a political feud.

Pompeo will meet President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, who contests the result of a September presidential vote, raising the prospect of parallel governments that has paralysed selection of negotiating teams for talks.