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KABUL (SW) \u2013 President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday shared details of the proposed peace plan with senior officials at the presidency.<\/p>\n
The presidency said the details of this strategy would be aired by the state broadcaster RTA on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, Reuters reported President Ghani\u2019s plan will be presented as a counter to proposals put forward by Washington, rejected by the Afghan government, that envisage immediately drawing up a new legal system for an interim administration to include Taliban representatives.<\/p>\n
The document shows Ghani\u2019s \u201cReaching an Endstate\u201d proposal will include, in the first phase, a consensus on a political settlement and an internationally monitored ceasefire.<\/p>\n
The second phase will be holding a presidential election and the establishment of a \u201cgovernment of peace\u201d and implementation arrangements for moving towards the new political system.<\/p>\n
The third phase will involve building a \u201cconstitutional framework, reintegration of refugees and development\u201d for Afghanistan moving forward.<\/p>\n
A senior government official told Reuters Ghani has already shared his road map with foreign capitals. A date for the Turkey meeting is yet to be decided, but multiple sources told Reuters it could take place in two weeks\u2019 time.<\/p>\n
The Afghan government and a number of politicians said they would have to agree on an agenda with the Taliban before the meeting.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the High Council for National Reconciliation has said it has received 30 peace proposals from 25 political parties so far.<\/p>\n
In a statement last month, the Taliban threatened to resume hostilities against foreign troops in Afghanistan if they did not meet the May 1 deadline envisaged in an agreement between the insurgents and the Trump administration last year.<\/p>\n
U.S. President Joe Biden said this month it would be \u201chard\u201d to withdraw the last U.S. troops from Afghanistan by May 1 \u201cjust in terms of tactical reasons\u201d, but he said he did not think they still would be there next year.<\/p>\n
A senior government official said the Taliban was willing to extend the May 1 dateline and would not resume attacks against foreign forces in exchange for the release of thousands of their prisoners held by the Kabul authorities.<\/p>\n
Mohammad Naeem, a Taliban spokesman in Qatar, said no such offer had been made<\/p>\n
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