U.S. Consider to Press the Afghan Government to Suspend Presidential Election
According to Wall Street Journal; Washington seeks options to bring Taliban into peace talks as April vote nears
The Trump administration is discussing whether to press the Afghan government to suspend coming presidential elections, according to people briefed on the discussions, as the U.S. seeks to engage the Taliban in talks to end the 17-year war.
The possibility of such a step, one of several options being considered by U.S. officials, is a sign of the urgency the administration sees in trying to broker a political breakthrough in a conflict that has bedeviled three successive American presidents, according to these people….
