Taliban to give a written peace plan to Afghanistan govt shortly

Taliban to give a written peace plan to Afghanistan govt shortly, according to a spokesman for the group.

Possibly it will take a month to reach that stage when both sides will share their written peace plan, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid told Reuters on Monday.

He foresees accelerated peace talks and process in the coming days … and they may enter an important stage.

Taliban to give a written peace plan to Afghanistan govt shortly

He thinks naturally the talks would focus on peace plans.

However, the latest round of talks remained at a critical juncture.

Taliban is making major territorial gains in the breach left by departing foreign forces.

Hundreds of Afghan security force members have fled into neighbouring Tajikistan in the face of Taliban advances.

United States vacated its main Afghan base, centerpiece of U.S. and NATO might for almost two decades in the country, as part of a plan to withdraw all foreign troops by Sept. 11.

The transfer of Bagram Air Base to the Afghan army added momentum to a Taliban drive to seize control over new districts.

Taliban leaders renewed the long stalled talks with Afghan government envoys in Qatar’s capital Doha last week.

Furthermore, Mujahid said although we (Taliban) have the upper hand on the battlefield, we stay very serious about talks and dialogue.”

The upsurge in fighting and the flight of thousands of members of the tattered Afghan security forces have raised grave doubt about the U.S.-backed peace negotiations.

Notably, the talks began last year under the then-President Donald Trump’s administration.

U.S. position

Responding to a request for comment on the Taliban representative’s remarks, a spokesperson for the U.S. State Department underlined a negotiated settlement as the only way to end 40 years of war in Afghanistan.

According to the official, we urge the sides to engage in serious negotiations to determine a political roadmap for Afghanistan’s future that leads to a just and durable settlement.

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