The 11th Herat Security Dialogue titled “Reimagining Afghanistan: Ways Forward” was held on Monday in Tajikistan’s capital and was attended by a number of political figures, human rights activists, civil society members and representatives of regional countries.

In the meeting, participants emphasized the need to form an inclusive government to solve the political and economic problems of Afghanistan.

A Tajik official said that his country wants a free and peaceful Afghanistan and considers the solution to the problems to be the formation of an inclusive government.

“We consider the establishment of a truly inclusive government with the active participation of representatives of all political forces and ethnic groups of Afghanistan to be the essential factor and guarantor of achieving peace, stability and prosperity in this country,” said Sharaf Rahimi, director of strategic research of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan.

Some other participants emphasized that Afghanistan needs regional convergence to achieve permanent stability and economic prosperity, and Afghanistan’s neighbors should cooperate with the country.

“I would like to tell Afghanistan’s neighbors that we want to be a free and neutral country. Afghanistan cannot achieve economic prosperity and peace alone. With regional convergence, we can overcome the problems,” said Rangin Dadfar Spanta, head of the advisory board of Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies.

Some other political figures in the meeting criticized the US military’s presence in Afghanistan during the last two decades and said that the US had turned Afghanistan into a slaughterhouse.

The Islamic Emirate says that the views expressed in such meetings are personal.

The Islamic Emirate has previously said that it has an economy-driven foreign policy and wants to play an active role in the economic prosperity of the region. IEA has also said that it considers the current government in Afghanistan to be inclusive.