The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who arrived in Kabul for an unannounced visit on Tuesday said that he hopes that Afghanistan will achieve a peace deal ahead of the Presidential Elections – scheduled for September 28.

“I hope we have a peace deal before September 1st. That’s certainly our mission,” he said.

The NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at a pre-ministerial press conference on Tuesday that all the members of the alliance are committed to supporting the US Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad's efforts in his talks with the Taliban.

NATO defense ministers will hold a two-day meeting on the alliance’s defense spending as well as Afghanistan among other issues.