Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. “extends its best wishes to the people of Afghanistan in celebration of Eid al-Fitr,” and backs the temporary cease-fire with the Taliban that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani called for earlier this month.

“We support President Ghani’s offer to extend the ceasefire and begin peace talks,” Pompeo said in a statement Saturday. “As President Ghani emphasized in his statement to the Afghan people, peace talks by necessity would include a discussion of the role of international actors and forces. The United States is prepared to support, facilitate, and participate in these discussions.”