British PM Boris Johnson will continue to support Afghan’s fight against the Taliban. He had a telephonic conversation with Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani during which he expressed continued support to the Ghani’s fight against the Taliban.

“Johnson on Friday reiterated the UK’s long standing support for the Afghan government’s fight against the Taliban as part of the NATO coalition,” said according to the statement by the British government.

“They agreed on the importance of making progress in peace talks to secure a sovereign, democratic and united Afghanistan and to preserve the gains made by civil society and women and girls,” the statement added.

The Presidential Palace said in a statement that Ghani and Johnson discussed the bilateral ties and the Afghan peace process.

Johnson also assured to continue support to the Afghan’s peace process, strengthened regional diplomacy, and UK’s support to Afghan’s forces.

They both further  discussed the global efforts to tackle the pandemic and the roll out of vaccines in Afghanistan and the UK.