Documents / FOIA release
This is an unclassified, For Official Use Only news compilation produced by the US Embassy Kabul Public Affairs Office and distributed by the Open Source Center on 15 August 2015. It was later approved for release by the Central Intelligence Agency in 2018. It gathers Afghan, Pakistani and international press reports on an anti-Pakistan protest in Washington, China's support for Afghan peace talks, the combat debut of Afghan MD-530 helicopters, hostage releases in Ghazni and unemployment in Kunduz. It contains nothing about UFOs.
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Print Mc5$agc($) Approved for Release: 2018/09/04 C06708887 Pagc 3 bf 49 UNCLASSIFIED/7FOH_Q\‘ 15 August 2015 _ ~ * A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Friday said that the country is in favour of playing a constructive role in Afghanistan's - t _ peace and reconciliation process, said a report on the government news service Xinhua. " _ t The statements by spokesperson Hua Chunying come after recent terrorist attacks in Afghanistan which may put a damper on reconciliation efforts. " " » . Hua said that China is consistent in its support for the "Afghan- led . . ‘ ' _ and Afghan-owned" reconciliation process, mentioning China's support V ~ . , _ _ for peace talks between the Afghan Taliban and Afghan government. The spokesperson also noted Pakistan's significant role in the peace ' ' ‘ » _ ' _ talks and said that China hopes that those involved in the talks continue to make efforts to ensure peace in Afghanistan. Pakistan last month hosted inaugural talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, who are fighting to re—establish hard—line Islamist rule_more than 13 years after the US—led military i _ _ intervention that toppled their regime. ~ Many in Afghanistan accuse Pakistan of being host to Taliban bases that are used to plan attacks such as the bombings over the weekend. Pakistan, which faces its own Taliban insurgency, denies that it has V actively allowed its territory to be used in this way, "Our priority of course is reconciliation," Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and National Security'Sartaj Aziz had said. _ Three attacks last week shocked Kabul in their scope and brutality. A _ v . - _ . truck bomb exploded early Friday morning, flattening a city block and » - . . - killing 15 people and wounding 240 as they_slept; authorities said. ‘ .' UNCLASSIFIEDTTFGUG» 4 ' t _ . s/23/2017 Approved for Release: 2018/09/04 C06708887
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