WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): Ruling out any mediatory role for itself in the ongoing tension between the two neighbors, the Obama Administration on Thursday urged Afghanistan to ratchet down the violence and begin a dialogue to reduce the tensions.
“We want both sides to ratchet down the violence and begin a dialogue to try to reduce the tensions, keep the crossing open, and have it done peaceably,” the State Department Spokesman John Kirby told reporters at his daily news conference.
Separate and distinct from that, Kirby said the US . . .
