I brought the two sides together at the negotiating table.. Will the Kabul government succeed in ending the tension between the Pakistani Taliban and its government?

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The Afghan government succeeded in hosting talks that led to the signing of a temporary ceasefire agreement between the Pakistani government and the Pakistani Taliban, but will the movement achieve more than that, leading to an end to the tension between the two parties?

Afghan government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid revealed earlier that his government hosted talks between the Pakistani government and the Pakistani Taliban movement recently in the Afghan capital, Kabul, and that his government's mediation came at the request of both parties.

The first round of negotiations, which was held between the two parties in the southeastern province of Khost, made "some progress", as the two sides agreed to a short-term ceasefire in early November last year, and a statement by the Pakistani Taliban confirmed that a delegation from His party met Pakistani officials in the capital, Kabul.

A source in the Afghan Foreign Ministry told Al-Jazeera Net, "The commander of the Peshawar Corps in the Pakistani army, General Faiz Hamid, visited Kabul to participate in negotiations with the Pakistani Taliban, but they did not reach a final agreement," describing the meeting as a very good start, as a ceasefire was approved. Until the end of this month, with the two parties confirming their keenness to continue the talks.

Afghan government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says about the ongoing talks that his government plays the role of mediator between the two parties and hopes that the two sides will show great flexibility for the continuation and success of the negotiations, while the Pakistani government and its army did not comment on the conduct of negotiations in Kabul.

Pakistani Taliban demands

An Afghan source who participated in the negotiations told Al-Jazeera Net, "The delegation of the Pakistani Taliban made 3 main demands to the Pakistani side: the application of Islamic law in the areas under the control of the Pakistani Taliban, the exit of Pakistani forces from the tribal areas or staying in the military barracks, and the removal of the iron fence that It was installed by Pakistani forces along the Durand Line between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Afghan journalist Asad Wahidi rules out that the Pakistani government will agree to these demands, and he told Al Jazeera Net that "the withdrawal of the Pakistani army from the tribal areas means leaving the region to Taliban militants, and this is what the Pakistani authorities do not want," and that "it is difficult for Pakistan to remove the fence that has been installed by a percentage. 95 percent, Islamabad believes that the fence protects it from the entry of militants into its territory, and this is something that the Pakistani army does not give up.”

The Taliban of Afghanistan and the Pakistani Taliban movement are two separate groups, with different leadership structures and goals, despite the similar name and ideology. The Pakistani Taliban was established in 2007, which is an umbrella umbrella group for armed factions formed in the tribal areas under the control of the Pakistani government, and seeks to impose "strict" implementation. of Islamic law over the country.

Security experts believe that the strength of the Pakistani Taliban movement increased after the arrival of its Afghan counterpart to power in mid-August, and considers it a model and an example, as it is the source of its first inspiration in its fight against Pakistani forces.

The way to negotiations

The Pakistani journalist, expert in Taliban affairs, Taher Khan, told Al Jazeera Net that the high frequency of armed attacks against Pakistani forces, and the loss of large numbers of its soldiers in Waziristan pushed it to the negotiating table.

He added, "The new Afghan government mediated after great pressure from the Pakistani government and the Pakistani Taliban, and the two parties must work to make the negotiations successful," because the Afghan Taliban cannot do more than that, as they do not want to take military steps against the Pakistani Taliban "for ideological and ethnic reasons."

For several reasons, the Taliban movement of Afghanistan was qualified to play the role of mediator between the Pakistani government and its Pakistani name, the most important of which is the existence of an ideological relationship between the two movements, and the Pakistani movement hosting a number of its Afghan sister elements and leaders in its regions during the presence of US forces in Afghanistan.

An Afghan security source told Al Jazeera Net that the Pakistani government "expects Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani to play a prominent role thanks to his tribal relations with the Pakistani Taliban, and because he is a tribal leader and has knowledge of the customs and traditions of the tribes, he can play an important role to solve the outstanding problems between the two parties."