Kabul, Feb 23 (EFE) .- The Afghan government announced today that it will begin negotiations with the Taliban in the near future, but denied having kept up to date direct dialogue with the insurgent group.
” The peace talks with the Taliban will start in the near future, “said chief executive, Abdullah Abdullah, at a meeting of the Cabinet.
Abdullah, former leader of the anti-Taliban fight, hoped that the government initiative bring peace to Afghanistan, who lives a transition period after NATO put an end in January to its mission of military deployment.
Afghan President Ashraf Gani, said today that the basis for the negotiations are at their best for three decades and found that the Afghan people must take this “unique opportunity” to restore peace in the country, according to a note from the presidential palace.
Gani has taken the first steps on the road to peace with the Taliban to maintain, for its part, meetings with senior politicians and civil society to probe the matter.
The future According to the insurgent group will not, however, to the detriment of the progress made over the last 13 years, Abdullah said yesterday during his speech at a conference in Kabul, said the government will not compromise its “prestige, honor, reputation or rights “of Afghans.
The chief executive spokesman Javid Faisal told Efe that neighboring Pakistan will play a role” crucial “in the peace process, which all Afghans, including political and Islamic leaders will be kept informed.
Last week, the Afghan Taliban refused to go to keep Qatar a direct dialogue with the United States for the purpose of peace talks after various information about jump out to the media.
In late January, the insurgent group said indeed still have not “visited any country in relation to the peace talks.”
The Afghan peace process has stalled since the failure in 2013 of the second dialogue initiative led by the US in the emirate of Qatar, where the Taliban opened an official delegation, but the negotiations failed to crystallize.
Afghanistan is one of its most violent moments after 3,700 dead and 7,000 wounded civilians, according to UN data were recorded in 2014.
The insurgent violence has gradually increasing as the end of 2014 approached, when NATO put an end to its mission of military deployment in the country, ISAF.
That mission was replaced from 1 January by the “Determined Support” operation, which maintains about 4,000 soldiers along with other tasks nearly 11,000 Americans in training and assistance to Afghan security forces. EFE
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