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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday spoke with top Afghan peace negotiator Abdullah Abdullah and discussed ongoing developments in Afghanistan and
(Last Updated On: May 10, 2021)
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne has paid an unannounced visit to Kabul where she met with President Ashraf Ghani and High Council for National Reconciliation Chairman Abdullah Abdullah.
In a statement issued by Australia’s foreign office, Payne said she discussed the challenges of COVID-19, the foreign troop withdrawal, support for a stable and secure Afghanistan, and the shared hopes for ongoing peace talks.
“I was also pleased to meet with the Minister for Women’s Affairs, Hasina Safi, who joined our meeting, and to discuss how Australia and Afghanistan have worked together to support and improve the rights of women and girls – a development we want to see maintained,” she said.
(Last Updated On: May 10, 2021)
Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah has welcomed the Taliban’s announcement of a temporary ceasefire over Eid-ul-Fitr but said this is not a permanent solution.
He said: “We believe that the solution to the current crisis in the country is to speed up negotiations, declare a permanent ceasefire and end the war permanently.”
In a statement issued Monday, Abdullah said however that an Eid ceasefire would provide a short period of calm for the people, “but was not a fundamental and permanent solution to the country’s problem.”
“Afghanistan’s crisis has no military solution. The experience of the last fourteen years shows that the version of violence and killing is not only unsolvable but also adds to the depth of the crisis and conflict,” he said.
29 Apr 2021 - 08:42
KABUL (Pajhwok): As foreign forces leave Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani has offered the Taliban power-sharing if the insurgent movement renounces war.
Ghani made the offer in a televised speech on Wednesday as the country marked Mujahideen’s Victory Day the toppling of the Soviet-supported government in 1992.
Lessons must be learnt from the bitter experiences of the past, stressed the president, who called for the demonstration of wisdom in the peace process.
The president made clear: “No one in Afghanistan can impose their will on the people through war and violence.
He believed the time was ripe for the militant group to shun the war and turn to the democratic mechanism for power-sharing.