<p><a href="/en/afganistan/kabul" class="glossify-link">KABUL</a> (Pajhwok): The US embassy in Kabul on Monday said intra-Afghan talks must be Afghan-led and Afghan-owned.</p>
<p>US Chargé d’Affaires Wilson Ross in a video message said the intra-Afghan talks were said to be held next week in Qatar between the Afghan government and the <a href="/en/taliban" class="glossify-link">Taliban</a>.</p>
<p>Wilson said the US welcomed latest progress in the peace process and that Washington wanted the talks to be Afghan-led and Afghan-owned.</p>
<p>He also called on other Afghans to support the peace process via social media and share their views in this regard.</p>
<p>Wilson said the United States had made it clear to the Afghan negotiating team and the parties involved that peace talks must defend the achievements of the past years, respect <a href="/en/afghanistan" class="glossify-link">Afghanistan</a>’s national sovereignty and the rights of all Afghans.</p>
<p>The US diplomat reaffirmed his country’s support to Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and cooperation with the war-hit country, saying they stood by the Afghan government in the peace process.</p>
<p>He said his country would support two outcomes of the intra-Afghan talks --- one for a peaceful, independent, united and democratic Afghanistan and the other for maintaining the political, economic and social achievements of the past 19 years.</p>
<p>He said, “We will publish the achievements of the last 19 years on a daily basis and the cooperation of the US in the same period as well.”</p>
<p>Pk/ma</p>
