Wilson: “There is no abandoning of Afghanistan”
The US Chargé d’Affaires to Afghanistan, Ross Wilson has reiterated Washington’s enduring commitment despite the proposed reduction of troops here.
Category: Peace
GTI-2020: Afghanistan worst hit by terrorism in the world
Afghanistan remained the country most impacted for the second consecutive year on the Global Terrorism Index with 41 per cent of deaths from terrorism globally, and the Taliban being responsible for 87 per cent of these fatalities.
Khalilzad, Kamilov discuss the Afghan peace process
The US State Department Special Envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad and Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdul Aziz Kamilov have discussed the Afghan peace process.
Taliban deny reports of third party mediation in Doha talks
This followed reports about Qatar, Uzbekistan, Germany, Norway and Indonesia taking the role of mediators to break the deadlock hindering progress at the intra-Afghan talks.
4 members of the official peace delegation return from Doha
Fawzia Koofi, Abdul Mateen Baik and Kalimullah Naqibi are among those who have arrived in Kabul and will return to Doha soon to resume the intra-Afghan talks with the Taliban.
Ulema Council denounces war, calls for peace
Speakers called on both sides of the conflict to stop the bloodshed of innocent Muslims and to move beyond personal interests to end the war.
“Next months are ‘decisive’ for Afghanistan”
Stoltenberg said NATO decided to go into Afghanistan together; it will make decisions about future adjustments together; and will leave together when the time is right.
Khalilzad rejects Taliban charges of violating peace deal
He warned the belief that says violence must escalate to win concessions at the negotiating table is ‘very risky.
Abdullah meets Iranian FM in Tehran
MONITORING (SW) – Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the high council for national reconciliation, on Sunday met Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif in Tehran during an
US, Taliban agree to ‘reset’ actions in Afghanistan
Zalmay Khalilzad said in a series of tweets the two sides agreed to re-set actions by strictly adhering to implementation of all elements of the U.S.-Taliban Agreement.
Contact groups resume talks for intra-Afghan negotiations
Reports suggest the meetings resumed after the mediation of Zalmay Khalilzad, the US special representatives for Afghanistan reconciliation.
‘Taliban not accept the Qur’an, Sunnah as base for resolving disputes’
A former member of the Taliban told Salam Watandar that the group considers their agreement with the US as the basis for negotiations and resolving disputes during the Intra-Afghan talks
