TALIBAN-GOVT TALKS FACE UNCERTAINTY

Saturday, March 14, 2015 - Islamabad—Afghan Taliban talks with the government in Kabul are likely to take place though certain issues are yet to be finalized. 


Taliban are considering launching talks with Kabul but debate is going on the issue of presence of foreign forces in Afghanistan, they are realizing that Afghanistan needs peace, sources privy to their fresh meeting informed. 

Spokesman of Afghan Taliban Zabihullah Mujahid in a message said that no doubt that Afghans want peace, but this is possible after the foreign forces stop aggression and allow sovereignty to Afghans. 

The good omen in the history of Afghanistan after Taliban were ousted from Kabul in wake of 9/11 is that their political and military councils are not rejecting the prospect of talks with the Afghan government. 

The negotiation committee members from the Afghan government are also in process of consultation for the talks, the sources said. 

The Afghan Taliban also three times rebuffed the reports of their contacts with Kabul in last four weeks and most freshly on Thursday night when they even rebuffed visit of the members of their political office for talks with Kabul to any other country. 

There were unconfirmed reports in the last two weeks that Afghan Taliban negotiator Qari Din Mohammad visited Pakistan having meetings with officials including the Chinese ambassador. 

It would be a major shift in mode of insurgency and also one of the biggest news in the last 13 years if any meeting between the Afghan government and Taliban take place for peace talks. 

Until recently Afghan Taliban as a policy were denying talks with Kabul, though they were ready to hold talks with the foreign forces, the US, as they were terming Karzai administration as a puppet government. 

The sources confirmed that committees for the proposed talks on both the sides were formed who were engaged in affairs like discussing agendas for talks and other issues, yet no direct meeting has taken place. 

The Taliban side is silent over the Afghan government willingness to give share to them in power and also accept their demands within constitutional framework. Taliban are accepting that their members visit certain countries for various issues and have traditional links with several countries. Nevertheless, an Afghan official said that the issues about which Taliban have concerns could be discussed and sort out once the talk process is started.

Source http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=260790

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