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Shouldn’t Do Wishful Thinking About Peace, But Can’t Rule Out Possibility: Khalilzad
In a grilling session with the US Congress, US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad, on Friday said that the criticism regarding the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan is justified.
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Pentagon Condemns Taliban Attack on Kandahar Airfield
Pentagon on Wednesday condemned Taliban attack on Kandahar airfield and and said "this decision to provoke even more violence remains disruptive."
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Some Peace Negotiators Still to Return to Doha: Sources
Sources in Qatar said that some members of the Taliban’s negotiating team, including their chief negotiator Shaikh Abdul Hakim Haqqani, have not traveled back to Doha from Pakistan to attend the second round of negotiations.
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Mistrust Between Negotiating Parties Slowing Down Peace Talks: Zalmay Khalilzad
Mistrust between the Afghan government and the Taliban, as they both have two different alternative visions for Afghanistan’s future, has slowed down the peace talks, said Us special representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad in an interview with The World.
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Iran May Again Host Peace Meet For Afghanistan
Iran is planning to host a meeting between the Afghan government and other Afghan groups to bring peace to war-torn Afghanistan. The Iranian news agency did not mention if the Taliban will take part in the Tehran peace talks but it said all Afghanistan’s “internal groups” will be present in the meeting, implying that a delegation from the Taliban may participate in the meeting. It also did not set any date for the talks, but said they will take place “soon.”
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CENTCOM chief ‘developing concepts’ to deal with ‘terrorists’
Commander of US Central Command General Kenneth F. McKenzie said on Tuesday he is developing concepts that will preserve the US’s ability to ensure Afghanistan does not again become a safe haven for terrorist attacks against the United States.
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US to establish military bases in region to 'monitor Afghanistan'
The United States will establish military bases in the region to "keep the Taliban insurgency in check and monitor other extremists" group, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday referring to reliable sources
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Khalilzad Calls on Govt, Taliban to Work for Peace, Ceasefire
US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad on Tuesday said he condemns Kabul University attack claimed by Daesh added that the “barbaric” attack is not an opportunity for the government and the Taliban “to score points against each other” in the ongoing peace efforts.
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Russia invites parties to conflict to Moscow peace meeting
Russian Special Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov has invited Afghan officials to participate in a peace meeting in Moscow next week.
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Taliban Has Shown No Will for Peace, Mohib Says
Afghanistan’s National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib at a press briefing on Saturday said the Taliban has does not have the authority for negotiations and that group so far has shown no desire for peace and is seeking to seize absolute power.
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U.S. talks with Turkey on Afghanistan security ongoing: State Dept
Discussions between the United States and Turkey on security cooperation in Afghanistan are ongoing, a U.S. State Department spokesman said on Monday, after Ankara offered to operate and guard the Kabul airport after the withdrawal of U.S. forces.
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Army Base in US to House Afghan Visa Seekers
The Biden administration said Monday it would evacuate about 2,500 Afghans who worked for the US government and their families to a military base in Virginia pending approval of their visas.
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US General to Recommend Post-Pullout Plan for Afghanistan
Gen. Frank McKenzie, the commander of US Central Command said Wednesday he will make recommendations to US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in early June on how to monitor and fight “terrorist groups” in Afghanistan from beyond its borders after troops withdrawal, AP reported.
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Abdullah Urges Taliban To Engage In Peace Talks
Abdullah Abdullah, head of the High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR), in an address to Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Turkey on Friday called on the Taliban to engage in talks, reiterating that there is a “real opportunity” for peace in the country that should be utilized.
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Khalilzad meets with Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister, republic negotiators
US special envoy to Afghanistan peace process Zalmai Khalilzad on his new round of trip to Qatar and the region yesterday met with Afghan government negotiating delegation and the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign minister of Qatar Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani.
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UNAMA chief heads for Doha in bid to push for peace
The United Nations envoy for Afghanistan Deborah Lyons is due to arrive in Qatar on Tuesday to meet with Afghan government and Taliban representatives in an effort to accelerate the peace process, two sources familiar with the talks told Reuters.
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Khalilzad back in Doha to push for political settlement
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad says that he has returned to Doha and the region “to continue our determined diplomacy in pursuit of a peace agreement between the Islamic Republic and the Taliban.”
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Khalilzad Discusses Peace with Ulema, Women
Kabul (BNA) After wrapping up a four-day visit to Kabul, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad said on Monday that he met with a broad-spectrum of Afghan society to hear their thoughts on the peace process.
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Khalilzad Says US Will Back Republic If Taliban Rejects Peace
US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad on May 7 said that the United States will stand with Afghans who support the Republic if the Taliban do not choose peace.
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Peaceful, Stable Afghanistan Will Bring Opportunity: Imran Khan
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday during his meeting with Karim Khalili, the head of Hizb-e-Wahdat-e-Islami in Islamabad said that “a peaceful and stable Afghanistan will open up new vistas of cooperation in trade and regional connectivity.”
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Tajik President, Khalilzad Discuss Afghan Peace
Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon on Tuesday met with US peace envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad in Dushanbe and discussed the Afghan peace process, the Tajik president’s official website said.
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Khalilzad back on track with talks as he heads for region
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has embarked on another trip to Germany, Afghanistan and regional countries, aimed at strengthening the Afghan peace process, sources said.
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Taliban ‘not interested in joining interim govt’: Report
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad proposed a shakeup of the stalled peace process this past week, including an interim government and a conference of key players, but his plan faced immediate objections by the warring sides
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Qatari Special Envoy Meets Khalilzad, Chief Taliban Negotiator
The Qatari special envoy on counterterrorism and conflict resolution, Mutlaq bin Majed Al Qahtani on Wednesday met with US Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad, as well as the head of the Taliban delegation at the inter-Afghan negotiations in Doha, Abdul Hakim Sheikh, Qatar’s foreign ministry said.
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Afghan Voice Agency (AVA)
