US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a tweet late Monday said that the US strongly supports a unified and sovereign Afghanistan and “opposes any effort to establish a parallel government or any use of force to resolve political differences.”

The US peace envoy for Afghanistan Khalilzad also tweeted: “I spent much of the last week trying to help President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah to come to an agreement on an inclusive and broadly accepted government. We will continue to assist.”

“In their remarks today, both leaders made clear that they are open to negotiations to end the political crisis and that peace and reconciliation is the priority,” Khalilzad said.

The US State Department also said in a statement that the United States is engaged "in intensive efforts for peace" in Afghanistan.

In this episode host Nemat Rawan discusses the topic with the following guests:

Abdul Rauf Shpon, PM

Sayed Qareb Sadat, political analyst

Abdul Wali Afghan, PM