Afghanistan .. An agreement between the Taliban and Kabul delegations on rules to continue the Doha negotiations

Reuters reported today that the Taliban and the Afghan government have agreed on regulations to move forward with direct negotiations between the two sides in Doha, while the US envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad met in the Qatari capital with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.

Three official sources told Reuters that the Taliban negotiators and the Kabul government, with the help of US officials, agreed on a document of 19 items, which constitutes a binding ground for the two parties, with the aim of preventing any stumbling in the ongoing negotiations in Doha.

A senior Western diplomatic official told the same agency that the agreement of the Kabul and Taliban delegations on the organizational rules "is very important, because it shows the desire of the two parties to continue negotiations, despite the fact that the pace of violence in Afghanistan has not decreased."

The direct negotiations for peace in Afghanistan were launched last month between the government and the Taliban, following the completion of the prisoner exchange deal on both sides over the past months.

The Doha negotiations did not prevent the continued deaths of dozens of Afghan civilians, Taliban and government forces in the past few weeks, as a result of attacks in different parts of Afghanistan.

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and diplomats quoted by Reuters news agency as saying that the negotiations between the two sides are facing difficulties due to the difference in their views on how to implement the Hanafi school of thought in the country, and on the role of the peace agreement concluded between the Taliban and the US administration, as the movement insists that the agreement be the basis for the ongoing negotiations with the Kabul government.

On the other hand, the US special envoy to Afghanistan met in Doha with the Afghan president, who is currently on an official visit to Qatar, and General Austin Miller, commander of US forces and NATO forces in Afghanistan, participated in the meeting.

Khalilzad said in a tweet on Twitter that he called on President Ghani not to miss the opportunity for peace in his country, and quoted the Afghan President as saying that he supports the Afghan negotiators' work, whatever the need arises.

The US envoy renewed his country's continued support for Afghanistan and the peace process aimed at achieving a political settlement and ending decades of war.

Doha Agreement

The US government and the Taliban signed a historic agreement at the end of last February in Doha to bring peace to Afghanistan. The agreement provides for the withdrawal of foreign forces from the country by next May, in exchange for the Taliban’s commitment not to allow attacks on America and its allies from the territories. Afghan.

The agreement also included the commitment of the Taliban to enter into negotiations with the Afghan government to endorse a permanent ceasefire, an agreement to share power and shape the country's future for the post-war period.