Don’t walk out of Afghanistan, France asks US

KABUL where militant-linked violence has sharply spiked in recent months.  

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, during a visit to Paris next week, would be conveyed opposition from the French government to a unilateral American withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Reuters reported Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and President Emmanuel Macron would meet Pompeo on Monday in Paris.

“There are many difficult issues to discuss, such as Iraq and Iran situation, terrorism, problems in the Middle East and relations with China,’ said Le Drian.

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