KABUL – A high level US congress delegation, led by Nancy Pelosi, MinorityLeader of the United States House of Representatives, arrived in Kabul onWednesday night and met with President Ashraf Ghani and CEO AbdullahAbdullah at the Presidential Palace, the president’s office said in astatement on Thursday.
At the meeting, Pelosi assured the Afghan leaders of the US’s commitment toAfghanistan in fighting insurgency, the statement said.
Ghani told the delegation the US President Donald Trump’s new policy forSouth Asia and Afghanistan has brought about a “positive mood” and todayKabul and Washington are closer to their goals, according to the statement.
Abdullah meanwhile said at the meeting that the US’s cooperation overdestroying “common enemies” of Kabul and Washington was “helpful.”
No further details were provided about Pelosi’s visit or how long she wasexpected to stay in Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, another senior US official Alice G. Wells, the principal deputyassistant secretary for South and Central Asia at the US State Department,arrived in Pakistan on Wednesday on an official visit, Geo News reported.