Tolo News: Ghairat Baheer, head of the political wing of Hizb-e-Islami, said Saturday that a four-member delegation from Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) is expected to arrive in Kabul with a few days to resume peace talks with the Afghan government. This comes after initial rounds of talks hit a deadlock in June reportedly over certain demands tabled by
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 14, 2016 The Afghan president’s office said there are currently no plans to try to kick-start peace talks with the Taliban. Haroon Chakhansuri, spokesman for President Ashraf Ghani, said on July 14 that a four-nation group created in hopes of starting talks with Talbian representatives had no plans to meet,
Khaama Press: The leader of Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has asked his fighters to abandon insurgency against the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF). Hekmatyar’s instructions to renounce violence is yet another gesture by the group to join peace process which comes days after he declared the peace talks with the Afghan government is effectively
Khaama Press: Former lawmaker and leader of the National Participation Party of Afghanistan Najibulllah Kabuli has called on Hezb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar not to act on the instructions issued by Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence which is accused of supporting the Afghan militant groups. He was speaking during a press conference in Kabul today and asked Hekmatyar to
VOA News Ayaz Gul June 27, 2016 ISLAMABAD—An Afghan insurgent group says differences over the presence of U.S.-led international troops in Afghanistan have left its peace talks with the government deadlocked. The Hezb-i-Islami (HIA) faction led by fugitive former warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has accused Afghan negotiators of unilaterally altering certain provisions in the peace deal
Khaama Press: The Hezb-e-Islami party led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has reportedly issued new impossible-to-meet demands to sign a peace agreement with the Afghan government. An official privy to the development has told The Associated Press that the new demands include cancellation of pacts with the United States, a timetable for the withdrawal of foreign troops and that
1TV: Taliban on Monday rejected a ceasefire appeal for the holy month of Ramadan saying they would instead step up attacks, according to Pakistani media report. The appeal was made earlier by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) that has called on parties to the conflict in the country to put down their arms during
ISLAMABAD, June 3 (Xinhua) — Pakistan said the quartet on peace and reconciliation inAfghanistan is still intact and that political negotiation is the best option to solve the years of conflict. The comments came on Thursday amid speculations about the fate of the Quadrilateral Coordination Group of Afghanistan, China, Pakistan and the United States. “A
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty By Rabia Akram and Frud Bezhan June 2, 2016 KABUL — Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai says the killing of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansur in a U.S. drone strike has damaged the prospects of a negotiated peace settlement with the militant group. Karzai, in an interview with RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal in Kabul
Tolo News: The independent commission for overseeing the implementation of the constitution said they are concerned over the implementation of government’s agreement with Hizb-e-Islami as according to them parts of the deal are against the Afghan Constitution. It also criticized the first paragraph of the 11th article of the agreement which is about judicial immunity, arguing that