Top Afghan Government Official 'Blasts' The Trump Administration's Peace Talks With The Taliban

NBC: Trump envoy is selling out Afghanistan in Taliban peace talks: senior Afghan official

"We don't know what's going on. We don't have the kind of transparency that we should have," said Afghan national security adviser Hamdullah Mohib.

A top Afghan government official on Thursday blasted the Trump administration's peace talks with the Taliban, accusing a U.S. presidential envoy of shutting out the Kabul government and betraying the trust of a close ally.

"We don't know what's going on. We don't have the kind of transparency that we should have," Hamdullah Mohib, Afghan national security adviser, told reporters during a visit to Washington.

Asked if President Donald Trump's envoy for reconciliation in Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, was consulting the Afghan government on his talks with the Taliban insurgents, Mohib said: "No. We get bits and pieces of information."

He added: "The last people to find out are us."

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WNU Editor: The Afghan government clearly feels that they are being kept out of the loop in the current round of peace talks. This does not bode well on where these talks are

heading.

More News On The Afghan Government's Concerns That They Are Being Left-Out Of The Current Round Of Peace Talks

U.S.-Afghan tensions erupt over Kabul's exclusion from peace talks -- Reuters
Senior Afghan official accuses US envoy of 'delegitimizing' Afghan government -- CNN
Afghan Official Warns of U.S. Deal With Taliban ‘That Doesn’t End in Peace’ -- The New York Times
Afghan official accuses top U.S. envoy of undermining Ghani government with colonial intentions -- CBS
Afghan official accuses U.S. envoy of undermining Taliban peace talks -- PBS
Is Zalmay Khalilzad, Trump’s Envoy To Taliban Talks, Angling To Take Over Afghanistan? -- Kimberly Dozier, Daily Beast