Thousands of Afghans congregated in Kabul on Monday for a rare consultative meet...
KABUL - Thousands of Afghans congregated in Kabul on Monday for a rare consultative meeting aimed at finding ways to negotiate a peace deal with the Taliban and end Afghanistan’s war.
“It is a proud moment for me to have representatives from all over the country here and today we are gathered to speak about the peace talks,” Ghani said in an opening ceremony in huge tent set up for such assemblies in central Kabul. But opposition political leaders and government critics, including former president Hamid Karzai, are boycotting the assembly accusing Ghani of using it as a platform to boost his status as leader in an election year.
But the Taliban have refused to talk to Ghani’s government, denouncing it as foreign “puppet”, and intense fighting is going on in various parts of the country, with the Taliban controlling and influencing more territory than at any point since 2001. In the past, the Taliban have fired rockets at the Loya Jirga tent, and much of Kabul was under virtual lock down on Monday, amid a massive security operation for the meeting.
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