Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 28, 2019 The U.S. envoy who is meeting with Afghan Taliban delegates says the latest round of peace talks in Qatar have been put on hold until March 2 so that both sides can conduct “internal deliberations.” “Both sides will take the next two days for internal deliberations, with plans
Tolo News: The Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who signed a peace deal with the Afghan government in 2016, says everyone in Afghanistan, including the Taliban, are tired of the war and that the group is now “serious” about a political settlement to the conflict in the country. “I feel that not only our nation but also
Tolo News: The United States peace negotiators led by the special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and senior members of the Taliban in Doha on Tuesday focused on withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, sources familiar with the talks said. This round of talks has been labelled as critical as the two sides will bargain over a
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News February 25, 2019 ISLAMABAD — Both the United States and Taliban are indicating that the current round of negotiations in Doha that started Monday may prove more crucial than any other meeting till now. The U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad called the Taliban’s new negotiating team “more authoritative,” adding
Tolo News: A source confirmed to TOLOnews that Mullah Ghani Bradar, Taliban’s number two and the group’s head of the political committee is en route to Doha for talks with the US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad. Baradar was appointed as head of Taliban’s Qatar office in January. Baradar is a co-founder of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan.
Tolo News: President Ashraf Ghani has reacted to reports on a plan to establish an interim government in the country as part of a peace plan, and said the plan has been outlined outside the country and that it is not applicable in Afghanistan. Addressing a group of youths and activists from the southern provinces at
Tolo News: The fifth of round of talks between the United States officials and the Taliban representatives will be held in Doha, Qatar, on February 25, but sources said some members of the Taliban will not attend the talks. According to sources, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, head of Taliban’s Qatar office and an influential figure among
Tolo News: Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who is also running for president in July 20 elections, on Thursday said the planned consultative Loya Jirga on peace will not help resolve the stalemate in Afghanistan. This comes ten days after President Ashraf Ghani called for a grand consultative Jirga, a traditional assembly, on the peace process
Tolo News: President Ashraf Ghani’s Special Representative for Regional Affairs for Consensus on Peace Mohammad Umer Daudzai said on Wednesday that there was the possibility that direct talks between government and the Taliban would start in the next few months. Addressing an Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission conference, Daudzai said people will soon witness direct negotiations. Click here
Tolo News: In this program, host Sadaf Amiri discusses the Afghan peace process with the Second Deputy Chief Executive Mohammad Mohaqiq who attended the Moscow talks which were held on February 5 and 6.