Politics
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Government – Taliban Teams Held their 1st meeting on Agenda
Afghan government – Taliban negotiating delegations say the first joint working committee of the negotiating teams was held in Doha.
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HCNR’s first Meeting Stresses for Further Consensus and Reinforcement of Negotiating team
The first meeting of the High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) was held on Saturday at the presidential palace with the participation of President Ashraf Ghani, chairman of HCNR Abdullah Abdullah, politicians, and prominent political and Jihadi figures.
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Afghan People Want Urgent Ceasefire: Khalilzad
US envoy on Afghan peace process Zalmay Khalilzad welcomed progress in Doha talks, saying that the people of Afghanistan now expect an urgent ceasefire.
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Procedure of Inter-Afghan Talks Finalized; Negotiations to Begin on Agenda
The Afghan government – Taliban negotiation teams say the procedure of the talks, including its preamble has been finalized and negotiations on agenda will begin soon.
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We are Preparing for Difficult decision on Afghanistan: NATO
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called on the Taliban and the Afghan government to negotiate in “good faith” and that NATO is preparing for a very hard decision on Afghanistan next year.
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Contradictory Views; Have Gov’t-Taliban Delegations Agreed on Procedures?
After the Taliban group announced they have agreed on the entire procedures of the talks, the peace negotiation team of the Afghan government said that both sides have only agreed in principle to the 21-articles of the rules and procedures.
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War in Afghanistan illegitimate, Take Stance in Support of Peace: OIC
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) called on the Ulema and religious institutions across its members states to declare the war against the Muslim state and people of Afghanistan illegitimate and call for the support of the peace talks.
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Afghanistan-Pakistan Distrust; Challenge to Peace process and Sustainable Stability
In 2011, Pakistan’s ISI and Afghanistan’s NDS agreed on an MoU for intelligence sharing and cooperation. However, the then NDS chief refused to sign the MoU as the Ghani administration faced stiff resistance from within on the issue
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Afghanistan Geneva Conference-2020 Pending
The 2020 Afghanistan Conference is a ministerial pledging conference, co-hosted by the Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Government of Finland and the United Nations, which will take place hours later.
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Full statement of President Ghani’s Remarks at UNHCR High-level Consultations
The full statement of President Ashraf Ghani to the UNHCR high-level consultations in the lead-up to the 2020 Afghanistan conference on return and re-integration: “Building a future for all Afghans”.
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