First Written Agreement Between The Afghan Govt & Taliban
First written agreement between the Afghan government and the Taliban, The US welcomes the move.
A preliminary agreement was reached on Wednesday between the government of Afghanistan and the Taliban to move forward on peace talks.
This is the first written agreement between the two in a 19-year war. The United States welcomed the deal, citing an opportunity to stop the violence.
The agreement outlines the way forward on negotiations but is considered a major breakthrough because it will allow negotiators to move forward on more fundamental issues including negotiating a truce.
“The process, including the preamble to the talks, has been finalized and the talks will start on the agenda from now on,” said Nader Naderi, a member of the negotiating team of the Afghan government.
A Taliban spokesman also confirmed the deal on Twitter. According to the joint statement issued by the two sides, “the task of drafting the titles for the agenda (for talks) was entrusted to the Joint Working Committee”.
The agreement is possible after months of negotiations in Doha, Qatar’s capital. The US continued to encourage these negotiations, even as the violence continued.
The Afghan government and international fraternity have been demanding an immediate cease-fire, but the Taliban continued to deny it in early-stage negotiations.
“This (agreement) is a step towards starting negotiations on the main issues, including the Afghan people’s major demand for a comprehensive ceasefire,”
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani spokesman Sedik Sediki quoted the president as saying on Twitter.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo congratulated the two sides for their determination and willingness to find a common ground and said that the United States would work hard with all sides to reduce violence.
The current Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed grief over the demise of former Pakistan PM Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali.
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali died on Wednesday at the military hospital in Rawalpindi. At the age of 76, he said goodbye to the world.
His family has given this information, after a heart attack a few days ago, the former Prime Minister was kept in the life-saving system at the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology and National Institute of Heart Disease.
Imran Khan expressed grief
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed grief over his death. Tweeting, he wrote, ‘Sad to hear about the death of Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali. My condolences and prayers are with his family ‘.
Please tell that Jamali served as Prime Minister from November 2002 to June 2004. Jamali was the first and only elected person from Balochistan to the post of PM in Pakistan.
He was appointed to the post of Prime Minister of Pakistan during the military rule of General Pervez Musharraf. However, General Musharraf resigned in 2004 and replaced Shaukat Aziz as Prime Minister.
