be acceptable to the people afghanistan. afg ha nista n state minister for peace. but of course that is a question for the taliban too, because it has been noticed that as they make rapid military advances, it has emboldened them and they become clearer about their political vision for afghanistan. and it is one, judging by their ideas now on the table, which doesn t include elections and has a new islamic constitution as well as leadership. which of course, for the afghan government team, means that accepting those proposals is tantamount to a call or surrender. a call for surrender. so i asked the member of the taliban negotiating team, their spokesman, whether that was the spirit of these talks. that is the perception of the other side, not our policy. our policy is to have a settlement of the issue. that is our policy, we want this, because in that circumstance,
they are acutely aware that the window for peace talks is fast narrowing, perhaps a question ofjust two to three months. because the backdrop of course is that the taliban have been overrunning districts across afghanistan and seizing strategic order crossings. strategic border crossings. so i asked the minister of state for peace, did he believe after talking to the taliban again here that they were interested in a political solution? we hope so, because the only solution to the conflict in afghanistan is political solution, is through meaningful negotiation, and conflict and taking afghanistan by force is not the solution, it will not be acceptable to the people afghanistan. afg ha nista n state minister for peace. but of course that is a question
they are acutely aware that the window for peace talks is fast narrowing, perhaps a question ofjust two to three months. because the backdrop of course is that the taliban have been overrunning districts across afghanistan and seizing strategic order crossings. so i asked the minister of state for peace, did he believe after talking to the taliban again here that they were interested in a political solution? we hope so, because the only solution to the conflict in afghanistan is political solution, is through meaningful negotiation, and conflict and taking afghanistan by force is not the solution, it will not be acceptable to the people afghanistan. afg ha nista n state minister for peace. but of course that is a question for the taliban too, because it has been noticed that
the documents show that officials were keenly aware that sailing close to the coast of crimea, which russia annexed in 2014, could cause an incident. what do we understand about the possible welcome party? one of them asked. this map shows two possible routes. the one marked in green would challenge russia s claims of sovereignty. possible russian responses could range from safe and professional to neither safe nor professional . to sail further south could be interpreted by russia as a sign the uk was being scared and running away. hands to action stations. hms defender took the green route. russia s response was hostile. this wasn t the point of the exercise, but the documents show that this was hardly unexpected. all that is now in the past but the papers don t stop there. there is much more. the range of material is quite alarming because it covers relations with russia, with hms defender, it covers afg ha nista n,
that sailing close to the coast of crimea, which russia annexed in 2014, could cause an incident. what do we understand about the possible welcome party? one of them asked. this map shows two possible routes. the one marked in green would challenge russia s claims of sovereignty. possible russian responses could range from safe and professional to neither safe nor professional . to sail further south could be interpreted by russia as a sign the uk was being scared and running away. hands to action stations. hms defender took the green route. russia s response was hostile. this wasn t the point of the exercise, but the documents show that this was hardly unexpected. all that is now in the past but the papers don t stop there. there is much more. the range of material is quite alarming because it covers relations with russia, with hms defender, it covers afg ha nista n, it covers arms exports, relations with the united states.