Kabul makes a power-sharing proposal to the Taliban in change for halt in escalating violence, prime authorities supply tells Al Jazeera.
Kabul, Afghanistan – The Afghanistan authorities has made a power-sharing proposal to the Taliban in change for a halt within the escalating violence within the nation, a prime authorities supply has informed Al Jazeera.
The event, which was additionally reported in Afghanistan’s native media on Thursday, got here because the armed group seized Ghazni, the tenth provincial capital to be captured in per week.
The supply informed Al Jazeera that the supply was offered to the Taliban not directly by means of Qatar, which hosts the Taliban’s political workplace and the persevering with Afghan peace talks.
Nevertheless, the presidential palace in Kabul didn’t verify the event, saying there was no change in its plan whereas the peace talks are being held in Qatar’s capital, Doha.
Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the Excessive Council for Nationwide Reconciliation, is assembly with officers from america, China, Russia and Afghanistan’s regional neighbours in Doha.
On Thursday, Abdullah stated the federal government’s peace plan has been shared with the Qatari authorities, with out referring to the reported supply to the Taliban.
“We’ve offered our scheme to the host nation and additionally, you will be supplied with one,” Abdullah stated at Thursday’s gathering with overseas diplomats.
The conflicting studies got here because the Taliban claimed its tenth provincial capital, the town of Ghazni, about 150km south of Kabul.
Video of the provincial governor, Daoud Laghmani, fleeing was circulated on-line on Thursday. He was taken into custody when he reached Maidan Wardak province, which borders Kabul.
Final month, the Taliban stated it will launch its peace plan someday in August, however the armed group has but to announce it.
As a substitute, the previous week has seen the group take 10 provinces within the south, west and north of the nation, together with Kunduz, which it had beforehand taken over in 2015 and 2016.
“The Taliban’s statements in Doha don’t resemble their actions in Badakhshan, Ghazni, Helmand and Kandahar … Makes an attempt to monopolise energy by means of violence, worry and warfare will solely result in worldwide isolation,” Ross Wilson, the US chargé d’affaires to Afghanistan, stated in Doha.