Reuters: Pakistan, China, U.S. urge Taliban to rejoin Afghan peace talks
Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States sat down to talks on Monday aimed at laying the ground for a negotiated end to almost 15 years of war between U.S.-supported government forces and Taliban insurgents now firmly on the offensive.
Taliban forces have stepped up their campaign in the last year to topple the Kabul government, which has struggled since most foreign troops left at the end of 2014. High-profile suicide attacks and Taliban territorial gains in Helmand province have underlined how far Afghanistan remains from peace.
The Taliban, who now control or contest more territory than at any time since they was ousted by a U.S.-led intervention in 2001, did not attend the talks.
WNU Editor: No serious interest yet from the Taliban to join this peace process.
More News On Afghanistan's Peace Process
4 Nations Call on Taliban to Join Afghan Peace Talks -- AP
Progress Reported in Four-Way Afghan Peace Talks -- VOA
Four-nation talks in Kabul aim to revive Afghan peace process -- DW
Kabul urges all Taliban groups to accept call for peace process -- Daily Times
Afghanistan wants 'red lines' in peace process -- Journal Turkish Weekly
A fresh chance of peace in Afghanistan -- Gulf News editorial
3 comments:
The Taliban are not good people. Thus you do not urge them to do anything.
You force them or you kill them.
Why? So they can leak names and coordinates and other intell? It's all the same people save for maybe the YPG. Come on.
Why? So they can leak names and coordinates and other intell? It's all the same people save for maybe the YPG. Come on.
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