January 4 According to the Tolo News TV station of Afghanistan, the Afghan negotiating team will go to Doha, the capital of Qatar, on the 4th to start the next round of negotiations with the Taliban on the 5th.
On the evening of the 3rd local time, Afghan President Ghani met with Afghan peace negotiators and pledged the full support of the government.
Ghani said that the Afghan government and the Afghan people support the negotiators and hope that they will continue negotiations based on the opinions of the people.
Afghan negotiators said that the views and experience of the people will be a good guide for them in the next round of negotiations.
The Afghan peace talks said that the next round of negotiations will focus on ending the violence and the structure of the future government.
During the 23-day recess, the Afghan Negotiating Group held three meetings with the Afghan High Council for National Reconciliation to further discuss the next step of the peace talks.
Negotiators between Afghanistan and the Taliban opened consultations in Doha, the capital of Qatar, on September 12, 2020. After the start of the consultations, the violence continued throughout Afghanistan.
It is reported that the first round of talks between Afghanistan and the Taliban lasted for three months.
The two sides agreed on the rules of procedure for the talks and verbally raised each other’s demands on the main points of the agenda.
