WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): The Trump administration is seeking a peace agreement, not a deal on withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, US Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said Friday.
A future presence of American troops in the war-torn country would be conditions-based, said the diplomat, who ruled out an abrupt withdrawal of troops.
“My overall goal is, at the direction of the president and the secretary of state, not to seek out a withdrawal agreement, but a peace agreement.
“Because a peace agreement can allow withdrawal. It . . .
