KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani urged Taliban to join peace talks and renounce violence for the sake of Islam and Afghanistan.
He claimed that it will bring peace and stability in Afghanistan which is beneficial for both sides.
Ghani said “We are determined to achieve peace, lasting peace in our country and would spare no efforts to achieve the noble objective.”
“I am calling on Taliban to give up fighting and let us resolve our differences on negotiating table,” he said.
His statement came after a day when Taliban rejected to join peace talks.
Ghani claimed that leadership doesn’t lack to fight back with Taliban and insurgent groups.
He claimed that cooperation between the forces has improved in the past years and the enemy suffered major casualties in Balghan and Ghazni provinces.
He claimed that Pakistan and Afghanistan are both suffering from undeclared war and need to reach on an agreement.
The Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) met with Taliban on Feb. 23 and announced to hold direct talks between Taliban and Afghan government in the first week of March.
Taliban said in a statement “We want to repeat our stance once again that until the occupation of foreign troops ends, until Taliban names are removed from international blacklists and until our detainees are released, talks will yield no results.”