US special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation ZalmayKhalilzad spoke with top Afghan government negotiator MasoomStanekzai about latest developments in the peace process on Tuesday. The two sides discussed security issues, ceasefire, political participation in the peace process and the…
State Minister for Peace Affairs Syed Saadat Mansour Naderi on Sunday rejected rumors that the venue of peace talks would be changed from Doha to another place. Addressing reporters here, he said had the Doha Peace Agreement been…
The People’s Peace Movement (PPM) on Wednesday asked the government and Taliban to agree on a mediating team to be comprised of neutral Afghans for resolving controversial issues during their peace negotiations. A statement from PPM received by…
Afghan government-backed negotiating team’s head Masoum Stankikzai on Sunday said women members of their team were present in all meetings and no discussion took place in their absence. Stanikzai held a meeting with women representing different walks of…
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and Chairman of the High National Reconciliation Council (HNRC) Abdullah Abdullah have held a meeting and discussed recent development in peace talks, according to a statement on Saturday. A statement from Presidential Palace said…
KABUL Reconciliation Process Zalmay Khalilzad said surge in violence was not acceptable and stressed over the reduction in violence. In his video link address to the US Institute of Peace, Khalilzad said conflicting parties used violence as a tool…
Some residents of northern Balkh province on Saturday said those suffered the most in the country’s long-running conflict should be given a greater say in peace talks. Attending a gathering to mark the International Day of Victims of…
US Special Representative for Afghan Reconciliation Process Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad has held a video meeting with President Ashraf Ghani and Head of High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) Abdullah Abdullah. The US peace envoy in a series of…
KABUL Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad during meetings with Pakistani civil and military leadership thanked Islamabad efforts for advancing Afghan peace process, a statement from US Embassy in Islamabad said on Wednesday. “In meetings with Chief of Army Staff General…
KABUL Abdul Ghani Beradar and discussed matters related to peace process. In a tweet, the UNAMA said: “Deborah Lyons had a cordial initial meeting in Doha with Mullah Baradar, Taliban deputy leader. The UN envoy for #Afghanistan highlighted the…
KABUL Qatar Office spokesperson on Friday announced releasing 48 government prisoners in western Herat province. Suhail Shaheen in a tweet said: “As part of the series of prisoners’ release, the Prisoners’ Commission of IEA released 48 soldiers of the…
NATO could not win and reach power through violence. He made these remarks during a meeting with 209th Shahin Military Corps’ commander Gen. Haibatullah Alizai in northern Balkh province. A statement from Shahin Military Corps received by Pajhwok…
An international group would be formed to support the Afghan peace process and forge global consensus, the Ministry of Peace Affairs announced on Thursday. According a presidential decree, the group and its secretariat would be led by the…
The youth from 22 provinces attended a gathering in capital Kabul on Thursday and urged further efforts at achieving sustainable peace in the war-torn country. The gathering was jointly organized by the State Ministry for Peace Affairs and…
KABUL Alison Blake for a meeting at his office, a statement from the National Security Council said on Wednesday. Their discussions were centered at the Afghan Peace Process and the strength and growth of friendly relations between the two countries,…
KABUL’s refusal to declare a 10-day ceasefire, US negotiators have reportedly warned the insurgent group. A Saudi-based newspaper quoted an unnamed Taliban source as saying the American issued the warning as talks resumed last week. “The US side floated the…
KABUL Potzel Markus has said that intra-Afghan meeting in Doha, the capital of Qatar, was an initiative to pave the way for peace in Afghanistan. After jointly opening the first session of intra-Afghan meeting, Potzel Markus in a tweet said:…
India has once again stoutly supported an Afghan-led, Afghan-owned and Afghan-controlled reconciliation process. India also renewed its commitment to supporting an Afghan peace process that promoted and protected the country’s unity, sovereignty, democracy and prosperity. India's Permanent Representative…
The US special envoy for Afghan peace process, Zalmai Khalilzad discussed the Afghan peace drive with Pakistani foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Pakistani foreign ministry said. On his sixth trip from the US following his negotiations with the…
Representatives of the European Union (EU) and the Afghan government have discussed an Afghan-owned peace process and reforms in the security sector. The officials conferred on specific steps in operationalising the offer to support Afghanistan’s peace process made…
KABUL soon for talks on regional consensus on peace. Mohammad Omer Daudzai hoped that 2019 would be the year of peace for Afghanistan. “We really want to achieve peace,” said the former Afghan ambassador to Pakistan. Addressing a gathering of…
