Robert O’Brien, US national security adviser, said Washington would reduce its forces in Afghanistan to 2,500 by early next year. US President Donald Trump on Twitter on Wednesday said that “We should have the small remaining number of our BRAVE Men and Women serving in Afghanistan home by Christmas!”

Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, met with India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Wednesday to discuss the Afghan Peace Process ad the Doha talks.

Zalmay Khalilzad, the US special envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation this week outlined one of the sticking points between the Afghan negotiating team and the Taliban’s team, which has led to a deadlock in the peace process.

Afghanistan’s consul general in Istanbul said this week that Armenia’s occupation of Azerbaijani territory must end immediately and the matter should be resolved through dialogue in line with international law.