After a courtesy call from DC, some in Kabul are upbeat that the US will change policy in a way that would help political survival of a few individuals. That won’t happen. Review of the US-Taliban agreement simply means that it will be re-read! They will study how they can...1/3

press Taliban abide by their commitments, esp cutting of ties with terrorist groups. Not wise to get into a rhetoric of vilifying the previous US admin to appease the current one. To remind ourselves of what actually @POTUS thinks about Afg & what he might do, it is useful 2/2

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Best course of action for Afg is to seek a political settlement in good faith on all sides & as soon as possible to prevent further erosion of Afg state & an eventual downfall. 3/3