Move follows request from political figures urging rival presidential candidates to show restraint

The High Peace Council (HPC) said on Saturday that selection process of participants for the upcoming Consultative Loya Jirga on peace in Kabul will kick off in less than a week.

At a crucial juncture in the shaky Afghan peace process, the Taliban are threatening to stall all talks and negotiations with the U.S. over “unlawful” pressures and manoeuvring.

The U.S. officials are expected to hold soon next round of talks with the Taliban representatives on the Afghan peace process, sources close to the Taliban said.

The Head of Afghanistan’s High Peace Council Secretariat Mohammad Omar Daudzai will travel to Pakistan next week.

The High Peace Council believes that the upcoming conference in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah city could be the beginning of a hope for the government of Afghanistan.

No one would regret establishment of peace in Afghanistan, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah said on Wednesday.

 President Ashraf Ghani’s administration has formed its own negotiating team of eleven members led by Chief of Staff Salam Rahimi for seeking and initiating peace talks with the Taliban.