The United States Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan who briefed reporters on his visit to Afghanistan said all militant groups in Afghanistan are ready to join the peace process except the Taliban who by their deadly attacks on civilians showed that they do not have the intention to lay down their arms.
 
The US deputy secretary visited Kabul on Tuesday where he held talks with Afghan leaders.
 
He told reporters that the US’s South-Asia strategy is focusing on putting the Taliban under military, economic and political pressure to make the group join the Afghan peace process.
 
In this episode of Mehwar host Jamal Nasir Farahmand discusses the topic with Hekmatullah Hekmat a military analyst.