Washington (CNN) The Biden administration has proposed to the Afghan government that they enter an interim power-sharing agreement with the Taliban in a letter from Secretary of State Antony Blinken to President Ashraf Ghani. Despite ongoing talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban after a 2020 agreement between the US and the militant group, violence in the country has steadily increased. That includes the Taliban negotiators, and that includes the Islamic Republic negotiators as well," he said. Price also said Monday that "it is absolutely true that the United States has sought out ideas to advance the prospects for peace, the prospects to galvanize a durable peace, and again a durable peace that must be Afghan-led and Afghan owned." But ultimately, this is an Afghan-led, Afghan-owned process, and we are there to support that," he said.

Source: CNN March 08, 2021 22:07 UTC