{"id":560699,"date":"2021-03-09T04:19:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T04:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/03\/09\/around-the-world-on-9-march-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-03-09T04:19:17","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T04:19:17","slug":"around-the-world-on-9-march-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/03\/09\/around-the-world-on-9-march-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Around the world on 9 March 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>US looks to wind down Afghan war:<\/strong> The US has called for six-way UN-led peace talks in Afghanistan to reach a political settlement between the Afghan government and the Taliban. In <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/38hZ7wG\">a letter<\/a> to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged a 90-day reduction in violence ahead of proposed talks between the US, Afghanistan, Russia, China, Pakistan, Iran and India. The US government has not decided whether it will stick to the Trump administration\u2019s 1 May deadline to fully withdraw troops from the country, Blinken said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also worth knowing this morning:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Qatar rapprochement:<\/strong> Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud was in Doha yesterday for talks with Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on boosting relations, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QNAEnglish\/status\/1368895314489470983\">Qatar\u2019s state news agency QNA<\/a> reported. 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