The Afghan government has formed a twelve-member team to hold peace talks with the Taliban, President Ashraf Ghani announced this at the two-day United Nations conference on Afghanistan to renew a process of development and reform.
Speaking in Geneva on Wednesday, the Afghan leader also announced that the negotiating team will be led by presidential chief of staff Salam Rahimi and will include men and women with the “necessary credentials to deal with the key challenges of peace negotiations”.
Ghani said he is hoping for a peace agreement in which the Taliban would be included in a democratic and inclusive society, but added that no organization that has ties with “terrorist networks” will be allowed to join the political process.
European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini called the plan “a courageous peace offer to the Taliban”, adding that it offered “unique opportunities to break the stalemate and move the country forward”.
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