KABUL (SW) – Second Vice President Mohammad Sarwar Danish has said the Taliban unnecessarily insist on stalling intra-Afghan talks and does not accept the Qur’an and Sunnah as a basis for resolving disputes.
He told a news conference here on Saturday that although the Afghan government has proposed the Qur’an and Sunnah as basis to resolve the differences in the peace talks, however, the Taliban have refused to accept it basis for the talks to proceed.
He added that this showed that the Afghan government was “more honest” than the Taliban in upholding Sharia and Sunnah. Danish stressed that the logic of the Taliban for ‘Jihad’ is over.
A day earlier, Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai, the head of the Afghan government’s negotiating team, expressed hope the peace talks in light of the Quran and Sunnah will have the desired results according to the wishes of people. “We appreciate Afghans’ patience for peace and an end to war. No one can stand against Afghans’ desires for peace. We’re committed to achieving lasting peace”, he tweeted.
Sayed Akbar Agha, a former member of the Taliban, told Salam Watandar that the Taliban consider their agreement with the US as the basis for negotiations and resolving disputes during the Intra-Afghan talks.
About a month has passed since the direct talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in Doha. The negotiating teams of the two sides have not been able to reach an agreement on the dispute resolution mechanism and agenda so far.
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