 Ashraf Ghani |
Afghanistan has brought on DLA Piper to handle its communications with US government officials as president Trump has famously expressed his desire to “Get the Hell out of Afghanistan.”
Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis made an unannounced visit to Kabul earlier this month in an effort to restart peace talks with the Taliban.
The US team met with Afghanistan president Ashraf Ghani and CEO Abdullah Abdullah to discuss peace talks and other issues, according to the Sept. 7 New York Times.
It reported the Americans departed from previous US insistence that talks with the Taliban should begin with the Afghan government, which the Taliban dismiss as a “puppet regime.”
The US invaded Afghanistan 17 years ago in the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks.
DLA Piper’s Jessica Woolley and Matthew Bernstein help Afghanistan’s DC Embassy in its interactions with the Trump White House, Congress and individuals/groups involved in US public policy matters.
The firm bills the Afghans on an hourly basis.
Edelman is providing communications support to Panama’s Ministry of Commerce and Industries under an agreement capped at $97,100 per month.
Ballard Partners has recruited State Department veteran Matt Bryza as a senior policy advisor.
Teneo has extended its contract with the Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation for an additional four months to July 31, adding another $1.8M in fees to the New York firm’s coffers.
The Syrian Kurdish militia recruits Jim Dornan Strategies to press Congress for continued support in their battle against ISIS and Syrian president Bashar Assad.
The Government of Hungary has hired Strategic Improvisation Inc. to generate positive media coverage and combat negative press coverage of the Central European country. (6 reader comments)
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