Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 19, 2021 A senior Afghan official says the government and the Taliban have agreed at a meeting in Moscow to try to accelerate talks aimed at ending decades of war in the country. The March 19 meeting followed an international conference in the Russian capital on the intra-Afghan peace process,
Radio Free Afghanistan March 18, 2021 Representatives of the Afghan government, the Taliban, and several major countries have gathered in Moscow to push for a reduction in violence to advance the peace process in Afghanistan. “We hope that today’s conversation will help create conditions for achieving progressive inter-Afghan negotiations,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said
Tolo News: A 16-member delegation of the Afghan government led by Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, will attend the Moscow meeting that will be held on Thursday, the reconciliation council confirmed. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement said it appreciates efforts made by Afghanistan’s neighboring countries and regional
Tolo News: Chairman the High Council of National Reconciliation (HCNR) Abdullah Abdullah on Wednesday said that several opportunities for bringing peace in the country have been lost, stating that the country can’t afford the current opportunity for peace to be wasted. Abdullah said that all Taliban prisoners will be freed, and the names of the
1TV: Raising the issue of forming an interim government at this stage will not help the peace process, head of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah, has said. Speaking in an interview with Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB during his visit to the neighboring country, Abdullah said that the talks are at a very
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 19, 2020 U.S. envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad warned on October 18 after a car bomb killed 14 people in Ghor in central Afghanistan that continued high levels of violence in the country could threaten the peace process. Khalilzad said in a series of tweets that violence has “stalked” Afghans
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 18, 2020 Afghanistan’s top peace negotiator has arrived in neighboring Iran as intra-Afghan peace negotiations are under way in the Gulf state of Qatar. Negotiators from the Afghan government and the Taliban have been locked in talks since September 12 but have been unable to agree on a framework for
1TV: According to Abdullah… Pakistan has influence over the Taliban and it should encourage the group to be flexible. He said that no country will be harmed if Afghanistan is peaceful. Click here to read more (external link). Related Abdullah: Early US Troop Pullout Will Affect Peace Process Taliban Endorses Trump Re-Election Campaign, Hopes for
Tolo News: Abdullah Abdullah, head of the High Council for National Reconciliation, on Saturday said that an early withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan will have some impacts on the ongoing peace process and the country’s situation but added that Afghans should be ready for any type of conditions and that they should work for
The Print: Pakistan is key to get the stalled Afghan-Taliban talks back on keel. PM Modi knows India must bide its time. Abdullah knows, as do Ghani and the rest of Afghanistan, that if the Taliban is back to the negotiating table after so many years, it is the Pakistanis who have nudged them. That