Ghani: Afghanistan achievements to never be victimized in Peace Process

President Ashraf Ghani during his speech in Berlin said that Afghanistan achievements will never be victimized in Peace process that causes a historical shame.

Ghani noted that Peace should be a means to ensure the future of Afghanistan; emphasizing to not accept any deal that would be a historic shame.

“The first and second chapters of Afghanistan constitution cannot be compromised or bargained. Afghan women will not return to the past. We want a peace in accordance of Afghan constitution and guarantees the future of Afghan citizens,” said President Ashraf Ghani.

President Ghani is also said to consider the existence of terrorist havens outside Afghanistan an obstacle for the start of Peace Talks.

For the past five years, the Afghan government has sought a peace deal with the Taliban without much to show for the effort.

But since President Ashraf Ghani has taken office, the long-stagnant peace process has shown new sparks of life.

Negotiators have quietly, sometimes secretly, met with the Taliban’s political leadership in neutral locations such as Qatar, Norway, and China. These first efforts were tentative — talks about talks — but most recently, on July 7, members of the Afghan government and Pakistani Taliban reportedly met in Islamabad to talk about how to end fighting in Afghanistan.

Achieving a peace that will end the 13-year war will only come about if the political solution reached is one that the Afghan people are willing to support — a peace agreement over which they feel ownership. And for Ghani to do that he has to fix the problems that plague the current peace process and the body tasked with its implementation: the High Peace Council.

But with the disputes in Taliban’s leadership and the deadly attacks targeting Afghan provinces, the prospect of Afghanistan’s Peace Process remains facing an uncertain future.