Atmar urges Taliban to resume peace talks
KABUL (SW) – Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar on Thursday urged the Taliban to resume intra-Afghan peace talks without further delay.
KABUL (SW) – Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar on Thursday urged the Taliban to resume intra-Afghan peace talks without further delay.
Republican US Senator Lindsey Graham has said that the American troops will not leave Afghanistan in May as proposed in the deal inked with the Taliban last February.
Analysts believe the Taliban are seeking to garner legitimacy with rounds of trip to a number of regional countries.
Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation has sharply criticized the Taliban for hindering and delaying progress in intra-Afghan talks.
The bipartisan experts group has recommended the United States should urgently re-open talks with the Taliban to delay a full withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan beyond the May 1 deadline agreed to by the Trump administration.
The Wolesi Jirga (lower house) on Monday witnessed heated debate over recent remarks by speaker Mir Rehman Rehmani for establishment of an interim government.
Following the US and EU condemning the violent Taliban attacks, media reports suggest withdrawal of foreign troops might not take place as per Doha agreement by May.
Members of the Afghan government’s negotiating team in Qatar have said the matter of interim government is not on agenda for intra-Afghan talks here.
The Taliban are reluctant to have a debate over the religious grounds or legitimacy of their ongoing insurgency in Afghanistan.
Officials in Kunduz confirmed that 12 security forces were killed in a Taliban attack on an army base in the province.
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has welcomed return of negotiators to Doha for intra-Afghan peace talks.
The Afghan government’s negotiating team departed for Doha on Tuesday to start the second round of peace talks with the Taliban.