HPC delegation in Nepal to learn from Moist truce

KABUL (HPC) delegation has been in Nepal to meet with government and political leaders and learn from their experience in conflict resolution, an official said Thursday.

HPC spokesman Syed Ehsan Taheri, who is accompanying the delegation, told Pajhwok Afghan News over the phone from Nepal that they arrived in the Himalayan nation for one week.

Nepal succeeded in striking a peace agreement with the Moist rebels in 2006 after almost 12 years of a bloody conflict.

As a result of the agreement, the monarchy in Nepal was replaced by total democracy and lasting peace.

The HPC spokesman said their Nepal trip was a great experience and they would strive to learn and apply the Nepalese model in Afghanistan.

Taheri said delegations from Northern Ireland, Columbia and Liberia had also arrived in Nepal and they shared their experiences with the Afghans.

Last year, the Nepalese president met the Afghan counterpart in New York and offered to support the Afghan peace process.

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