President Afghan “Government should talk directly with the Taliban” Oct. 22 20:19
Afghan President Gani, in an interview with NHK, is trying to break the peace situation by realizing a direct dialogue with the Afghan government that the Taliban refuses while the peace talks between the US government and the anti-government armed forces Taliban have stalled I showed the idea to plan.
Afghan President Gani, who is visiting Japan, responded to NHK's solo interview in Tokyo on the 22nd.
In Afghanistan, the United States, which continues its military operations locally, started a peace talk with the Taliban last year, and it was close to agreeing on the withdrawal of some American troops, but negotiations were canceled last month following the terrorism by the Taliban .
Regarding this situation, President Gani pointed out that "the withdrawal of the American military should be discussed with the Afghan government" and expressed dissatisfaction that the government had not been added to the peace talks so far.
The Taliban has refused to talk directly about the Afghan government as an “American bullshit”, but President Gani stated that peace would not come without a direct dialogue between the Afghan government and the Taliban. The idea to overcome the situation was shown.
Furthermore, if peace is realized, the Taliban said that it would be nice if the Taliban would turn into a political party about the possibility of participation in politics. I stressed that I should make a strong claim.
The president criticizes the administrative secretary
Last month's presidential election in Afghanistan was a battle between the incumbent President Gani, who was aiming for re-election, and Abdullah, Secretary-General Abdullah, the prime minister of administration number 2.
In the event of a re-election, Mr. Gani criticized whether Abdullah would be appointed again, “Abdullah did a lot of negative campaigns and created a situation that could not be turned back later. , Showed the idea of not going to be appointed.
The provisional result of the presidential election was scheduled to be announced on the 19th of this month, but the announcement has been postponed as a possible failure in the system that prevents unauthorized voting.
Regarding the relationship between Mr. Gani and Mr. Abdullah, there was a background that the United States embarked on mediation and Mr. Gani was elected president since the last election five years ago caused a confusion.
For this reason, Mr. Gani's remarks are likely to affect the future Afghan politics depending on the outcome of the election.