US, OIC envoys discuss challenges facing Afghanistan

ATLANTA (Pajhwok): Special Representatives of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the United States have discussed the current situation in Afghanistan.

OIC envoy for Afghanistan Tarig Ali Bakheet met US Special Representative Thomas West and Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, the Islamic bloc said in a statement.

Both sides exchanged views on matters of mutual interest and possible ways and means to address the daunting humanitarian, economic and other challenges in Afghanistan.

Bakheet said OIC’s engagement with Afghanistan was driven by successive resolutions adopted by the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers.

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