Pompeo: US Strongly Opposed to Parallel Government in Afghanistan

The US is strongly opposed to the formation of government structures in Afghanistan parallel to official power. This was said by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, according to the distributed statement of the US Foreign Ministry. We strongly oppose any action to create a parallel government, Pompeo said. According to him, the United States is opposed to the use of military force to resolve political differences. He also clarified that he supports the desire of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to continue negotiations with representatives of the Taliban movement (an organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation). According to the news agency on March 9, the United States began withdrawing its armed forces from Afghanistan within the framework of an earlier agreement with the Taliban (an organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation).