US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrived in Kabul on Friday for an unannounced visit to war-torn Afghanistan, adding his weight to a whirlwind of political endeavors to convey the Taliban to the arranging table.
His trek comes somewhat more than a year after President Donald Trump disclosed a patched up technique for Afghanistan that saw him submit a large number of extra US powers to the nation on an open-finished premise.
Mattis, on his second visit to the nation as of late, will meet with President Ashraf Ghani and the better and brighter US administrator for American and NATO powers, General Scott Miller.
His entry in Kabul comes at a delicate time in the 17-year war.
The crushing clash has seen little improvement by Afghan or US powers against the Taliban, the nation's biggest activist gathering.
Afghan and universal players have been tightening up endeavors to hold peace chats with the Taliban, which was toppled from control by US-drove powers in 2001.
A phenomenal truce in June taken after by talks between US authorities and Taliban agents in Qatar in July fuelled trusts that transactions could finish the battling.
Be that as it may, an ongoing spate of assaults by the Taliban and the littler however strong Islamic State gather that left many security powers and regular citizens dead has extremely scratched that positive thinking.
A twin bomb assault on a wrestling club in a Shiite neighborhood of Kabul on Wednesday was only the most recent in a long queue of destroying ambushes, killing no less than 26 individuals and injured 91.
The assault underscored the difficulties confronting Afghanistan's ambushed security powers that have been plagued by debasement and low spirit.
Trump's technique, declared in August 2017, expanded the US troop nearness in the nation and now incorporates a restored push to convey the Taliban to the arranging table.
In any case, there are fears that Trump is becoming disappointed with the pace of advancement in the nation, prodding US ambassadors and different authorities to increase their endeavors.
The Taliban have since quite a while ago demanded coordinate chats with Washington and declined to consult with the Afghan government, which they see as ill-conceived.
There is hypothesis that another gathering amongst US and Taliban delegates could be held for this present month.
Mattis landed in Kabul from Delhi where he and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with their Indian partners.
Pompeo additionally visited Islamabad on Wednesday where he met with new head Imran Khan and other senior authorities.
Pompeo said he was "cheerful" of resetting the beset association with Pakistan, a key player in the Afghan clash.
