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Eighth Round of US-Taliban Talks Continue on Second Day
The eighth round of the talks between the United States and the Taliban continued on the second day behind the closed doors in Doha, the capital city of Qatar.
A member of the Taliban’s delegation says that if both sides reached an agreement, all the foreigner forces including their advisors and contractual staffs will leave Afghanistan based on a timeline.
“The war will end if we reach an agreement with the United States and the agreement is signed in presence of the international witnesses,” said Mawalawi Shahabuddin Delawar, a member of the Taliban’s delegation.
Meanwhile, some of the familiar sources with the talks say that both sides are working on inviting the organizations and countries for monitoring the peace agreement.
“The peace agreement is 80 percent finalized and only talking on some details have remained. The agreement will be signed in two to three days,” said Sayeed Akbar Agha, a former official of the Taliban.
“If the peace agreement signed, the election will not be held. Either an interim or a mixed government will be formed,” said Abdulwodod Sediqi, a former Taliban’s commander.
At the same time, as the Taliban and the U.S. say if they reach an agreement then the opportunity for the official intra-Afghan talks will be provided where the negotiators will discuss that ceasefire and involving the Taliban in the political power.
Concurrently to the US-Taliban talks in Doha, Chief Executive of the country, talks on the efforts which are taking place for beginning the intra-Afghan talks with the Taliban.
“The efforts underway for beginning the intra-Afghan talks including the Taliban. The Afghan people consider a sustainable peace as their priority,” said Abdullah Abdullah, Chief Executive of the country.
This comes as the American media have reported the Trump Administration is preparing to pull out around 6,000 of its troops as the preliminary agreement with the Taliban.
However, Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, said that the U.S. seeking a peace agreement with the Taliban not the withdrawal of the American forces from Afghanistan.
The Japanese ambassador in Kabul, Takayoshi Kuromiya, met Saturday with Sader Azam Osmani, the Deputy of the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock.
According to a statement from the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock, the meeting discussed Japan’s cooperation in these areas.
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations (MoRR) held Saturday an emergency meeting in Kabul attended by the humanitarian aid coordinator of the International Organization for Migration to instantly address the needs of recent flood victims in Baghlan province.
The ministry quoted Abdul Rahman Rahmani, head of the assistance coordination of the ministry, as saying that the goal of the meeting was to provide emergency assistance to flood victims and how to consider first aid.
According to reports, intense floods in Baghlan’s many districts have left hundreds of dead and injured.
The ministry stated that hundreds of houses have been destroyed and people are living in open space in the mountains.
Meanwhile, the ministry added that the figures are not yet final and the process of rescue operations is still ongoing with the cooperation of health teams.
At the meeting, Mohammad Omar Hashemi, the humanitarian aid coordinator of the International Organization for Migration, also assured that the organization is ready to provide urgent aid to the victims.
The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday it can only support one in every three malnourished children across Afghanistan, highlighting the shortage of funding.
WFP said on X that there are three million malnourished children in Afghanistan.
“But we can only support 1 in every 3 malnourished children across Afghanistan,” WFP said. “Children bear the brunt of the assistance cuts. Sustained funding is vital.”
The World Food Program in Afghanistan had previously warned that the number of malnourished children visiting hospitals has increased this year following the reduction of foreign aid.
More than 23 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan this year, according to the United Nations. Over half of them are children.
In February, WFP announced a dire need for $760 million in food assistance for Afghanistan over the next six months.
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