Government’s negotiating team departs for Doha
The Afghan government’s negotiating team departed for Doha on Tuesday to start the second round of peace talks with the Taliban.
The Afghan government’s negotiating team departed for Doha on Tuesday to start the second round of peace talks with the Taliban.
Fears were raised on Sunday about delay in the scheduled departure of the government’s team for Doha for the intra-Afghan negotiations.
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has approved the continuation of second round of intra-Afghan talks in Doha, Qatar.
The High Council for National Reconciliation held its second formal meeting under its chairman Abdullah Abdullah here on Saturday.
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Sunday endorsed the idea of completing the remaining parts of the ongoing intra-Afghan negotiations inside Afghanistan.
The U.S. has welcomed the formation and the first Leadership Committee meeting of the Afghanistan High Council for National Reconciliation, said an official statement.
Parallel to the development in intra-Afghan talks, violence remains high in Helmand and Uruzgan provinces, officials said on Thursday.
The Afghan government and the Taliban confirmed on Wednesday the procedure for intra-Afghan talks has been agreed upon.
The US Chargé d’Affaires to Afghanistan, Ross Wilson has reiterated Washington’s enduring commitment despite the proposed reduction of troops here.
According to new report, the US has closed at least 10 bases across Afghanistan since the signing of a deal with the Taliban in February.
The US State Department Special Envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad and Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdul Aziz Kamilov have discussed the Afghan peace process.
In a meeting with Stefano Ponticorvo, NATO’s senior civilian representative to Afghanistan, Danish said that the Afghan people do not believe in the Taliban’s sincerity in peace talks.