Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad traveled to Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on December 11. During the visit, SRAR Khalilzad met with Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov, Minister of National Security Yaylym Berdiyev, and other Government of Turkmenistan officials. They discussed the importance of a regional approach to bringing all Afghan parties to the negotiating table, and how best to work together to bring about a negotiated and inclusive peace settlement that ends the war in Afghanistan and ensures that Afghanistan is never again used by transnational terrorists to attack the United States.
