US secretary of state Rex Tillerson speaks during his visit at Bagram air field in Afghanistan on Monday. Photo: APKabul: US secretary of state Rex Tillerson paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Monday to discuss Washington’s new strategy with President Ashraf Ghani. It was Tillerson’s first trip to Afghanistan as secretary of state and comes several weeks after US defence secretary Jim Mattis also paid an unannounced visit. During Mattis’s visit last month Taliban militants fired multiple rockets towards the city’s international airport in an attack that killed one person and wounded 11 others. “We want to work closely (with) Pakistan to create a more stable and secure Pakistan as well,” Tillerson said.

Source: Mint October 23, 2017 15:22 UTC