KABUL, Afghanistan – The chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah said the long-awaited Intra-Afghan dialogues on peace in Afghanistan will begin next week.
The first talks will take place in Qatari capital Doha, where Afghanistan and Taliban delegations will come together to end the 18-year war in the country, which apparently exhausted both parties – Afghan citizens being the beads for the political settlement.
One of the main topic for this long-awaited gathering is to implement a comprehensive ceasefire in the war-torn country, where the people could with no fear pursue the life they ever dreamt of for decades.
It came a month after the initial schedule for the talks were delayed due to a complicated issues on the release of Taliban prisoners, where the opposition group insist to free all its group members capture by the Afghan government.
Earlier this month, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani released at least 80 of the 400 Taliban prisoners upon the decision made by the Loya Jirga – a national assembly; making the Taliban persistent on their demand of freeing the remaining 320 prisoners.
According to sources, among the Taliban prisoners are some who were directly linked to killing of a number of foreign nationals, including Australia and France, opening doors for the Afghan leaders to reconsider their decision upon request of the foreign government.
Chairman Abdullah did not comment whether or not the issue is solved. (KHAAMA PRESS)