AVA - Hamid Karzai Meets With UN Deputy SR Potzel

Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai met with the UN Secretary General’s Deputy Special Representative to Afghanistan, and discussed the current situation of Afghanistan.

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA)_Monitoring, Hamid Karzai tweeted that in the meeting they discussed the need for a national dialogue to ensure lasting peace in the country.

"Both sides emphasized reopening schools and universities for girls and the needs of national dialogue to ensure peace in the country," said Shahzada Massoud, a close aide to Karzai.

Earlier, political figures outside and inside the country emphasized the need for national dialogue, and they said that it is the only solution for the current situation in the country.

"The current government has to manage unity between people from Torkham to Wakhan and from Badakhshan to Nimroz so they see themselves in the government," said Mohammad Zalmai Afghan Yar, political analyst.

"I think national dialogue according to what the international community wants is not effective," said Sayed Akbar Agha, a political analyst.