PARIS, 14 November 2020 (TON): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is on visit to France at the start of a seven-country tour of Europe and the Middle East. On Saturday, he discussed “global challenges” with a handful of members of a Paris think tank.

Meanwhile, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and French President Emmanuel Macron are due to meet Pompeo on Monday in Paris. In a statement French Foreign Ministry said, France will make clear to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a visit to Paris next week that it opposes a unilateral American withdrawal from Afghanistan and Iraq given the fight against Islamist militancy. Le Drian, French Foreign Minister said in a television interview, "We don't think that should happen

For Afghans, the ongoing peace talk followed by complete withdrawal of foreign troops is the only hope. The bitter realities of this two decades old war have led us to think that there is no military solution to this conflict and peace talks must be successful. US is facing substantial human as well as financial losses which led her to opt for withdrawal. In case if the US remains in Afghanistan, there will be more financial losses as well as increase in American causalities.