With the opening of Afghanistan peace talks, the "historical opportunity" is difficult to resolve differences?

　　China News Service, September 12, reported that since the outbreak of the war in Afghanistan in 2001, the first peace negotiation between the Afghan government and the Taliban was held in Doha, the capital of Qatar, on September 12, local time.

NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg called the peace talks a "historic opportunity."

However, there are considerable differences between the positions of the two sides. The analysis pointed out that it is expected that it will be difficult to reach a peace agreement in a short time, and the road to "peace talks" may not be smooth.

Data map: On March 1, 2017 local time, the Afghan army and the Taliban exchanged fire in Kabul, with smoke billowing on the scene.

It is reported that the attackers used car bombs to carry out suicide attacks.

The Taliban claimed to have committed the attack.

Working for peace, Afghanistan and the Taliban sit at the negotiating table

　　"I believe that if we help each other and work honestly for peace, the current suffering in this country will end." Abdullah, chairman of the Albanian High Commission for National Reconciliation, said at the opening ceremony of the peace talks.

　　According to Agence France-Presse, the peace talks were held in a hotel conference room in Doha. The chairs were scattered in accordance with the requirements of social distancing, and the banner read "Afghan Peace Negotiations" in multiple languages.

　　NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg posted on social media that the peace talks are "historical opportunities."

　　United Nations Secretary-General Guterres stated in a video speech to the participants of the Afghanistan peace talks that the Afghanistan peace talks that began in Qatar on September 12 are an opportunity to find the best and most comprehensive solution to end the Afghanistan war. The United Nations supports Negotiation process.

On February 23, 2020, local time, on the South Lawn of the White House, U.S. President Trump stated that the U.S. military has been in Afghanistan for 19 years, "We hope to reach a peace agreement. The Taliban also want to reach a peace agreement, they have already Tired of fighting." Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Mengtong

There is a big difference in position,

　　The talks were originally scheduled to be held in March 2020, but the two parties were unable to reach a consensus on the mutual release of detainees and have been shelved until now.

According to the agreement reached between the US government and the Taliban at the end of February, the Afghan government should release 5,000 Taliban detainees, and the Taliban promised to release 1,000 detained government personnel. The process of exchanging detainees between the two sides has been interrupted many times.

　　Although we are now back to the negotiating table, many foreign media pointed out that the positions of the Afghan government and the Taliban are quite different and it may be difficult to reach a peace agreement in a short time.

　　Analysts believe that the biggest challenge in the Afghanistan peace talks lies in whether the two sides can reach a ceasefire first.

According to the agreement reached between the U.S. government and the Taliban, the Taliban regard the realization of a permanent ceasefire as "an agenda" in the peace talks, and the Afghan government hopes that the ceasefire will be its top priority at the beginning of the peace talks.

　　It is expected that the Afghan government and the Taliban will try to promote a peace agreement through this meeting in Qatar and formally end the armed conflict.

At the same time, the negotiating parties will also try to establish a new political system in Afghanistan.

Data map: On the afternoon of November 20, 2018 local time, a suicide bombing attack occurred in an auditorium in the capital of Afghanistan, Kabul.

The picture shows the wounded admitted to a hospital in Kabul.

The beard goes from black to white, they are still looking forward to peace

　　In the Afghan capital, many residents watched the opening ceremony of the peace talks on television.

"I hope the peace negotiation team will consider the wishes of the Afghan people," said Obaidullah, a 50-year-old Kabul resident. "When the war began, my beard was black. Now it is white and we are still in a state of war."

　　According to a report released by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan in February 2020, more than 10,000 Afghan civilians were killed or injured in violent conflicts in 2019.

Since the aid mission's statistics of civilian casualties in 2009 and 2019, the total number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan due to conflict has exceeded 100,000.

　　Agence France-Presse said that a comprehensive peace agreement may take several years and will depend on whether the two parties are willing to adjust their competing visions.

　　The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) also pointed out that the negotiation process between the Afghan government and the Taliban may be very long, and it is difficult for the outside world to predict the outcome.

But after years of turmoil, this negotiation can at least give Afghans a chance to look forward to peace.