1TV: Afghanistan’s peace process may take several years, the president’s special envoy Ahmad Zia Massoud said Monday. “It [peace process] is only the beginning,” Massoud said at a gathering during his visit to northern Takhar province. “Allah knows how many years it will take.” Click here to read more (external link).
Press TV / February 7, 2016 Kabul says representatives from the Afghan government and the Taliban militant group may hold face-to-face talks later in February. Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmad Shakib Mostaghani made the announcement on Sunday, saying the government hoped to “put an end to the futile violence which is imposed on our people.”
VOA News / February 6, 2016 Ayesha Tanzeem ISLAMABAD – Representatives of United States, China, Pakistan and Afghanistan haveadopted a roadmap to facilitate direct peace talks between the Afghan government and the Afghan Taliban in Islamabad Saturday. A joint press release, issued after a meeting of the Quadrilateral Coordination Group, announced that the four countries were
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 6, 2016 Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United States, and China began a third round of talks in Islamabad on February 6 to lay the groundwork for peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban. Islamabad is expected to have a key role in bringing the Taliban, which is based in Pakistan, to
VOA News Ayaz Gul February 5, 2016 ISLAMABAD – Pakistan is hosting a new round of four-party discussions to help advance the Afghanistan government’s hope for peace talks with the Taliban.While all sides hope for progress in Saturday’s meeting in Islamabad, Taliban insurgents have not yet signaled whether they will cease hostilities and join the process.
VOA News Ayaz Gul February 1, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Pakistan’s former cricket star-turned-politician, Imran Khan, is urging Afghanistan’s Taliban to negotiate a peaceful resolution to its conflict with the Kabul government. “They (the Taliban) must come to the table and they must resolve this dispute through talks and negotiations. War is never a solution. In fact, war
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 28, 2016 Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry says representatives from Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, and the United States will meet in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, next month to discuss how to resume stalled peace process between Kabul and the Taliban. Foreign Ministry spokesman Qazi Khalilullah said the February 6 meeting was part of
The New York Times – China Urging Afghanistan to Restart Peace Talks With Taliban: Chinese officials are urging the government of Afghanistan to restart peace talks with the Taliban after the last round of discussions collapsed, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has said. Click here to read more (external link). ANI – Afghanistan demands full SCO Membership from China: Afghanistan’s ministry of
Tolo News: The Afghan government on Monday said that it could not accept the Taliban’s preconditions for the resumption of stalled peace talks, urging that the negotiations will move forward only in line with the decision of the quadrilateral agreement, referring to a recent meeting of senior officials from Afghanistan-Pakistan-China and the US in Kabul where
VOA News / January 24. 2016 Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – Afghanistan’s Taliban has restated certain preconditions prior to ceasing hostilities, and has stopped short of formally rejecting a U.S.-backed four-nation process aimed at promoting Afghan peace. The Islamist insurgency presented these views through its chief peace negotiator, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, at an unofficial two-day