KABUL – *Head of Hizb-e-Islami Gulbuddin Hekmatyar on Monday addressed hissupporters in Jalalabad in Nangarhar province and called on the Taliban toaccept government’s peace offer. *
Hekmatyar said wise people would not reject such a good offer.
“I am surprised at why a wise person rejects such a logical offer,” saidHekmatyar.
Hekmatyar said he has sent a peace outline to government and to the Talibanleader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada and asked him to use the opportunityand join the peace process. According to Hekmatyar, war is of no benefit toanyone and only the Afghan people are victims of the ongoing conflict.
“I have presented the peace outline to the president and to the Talibanleader, Mullah Haibatullah, through a detailed letter and have asked him tocome and join the peace process,” said Hekmatyar.
“Government, at the Kabul Process, sent an offer to the Taliban that theAfghan government is ready to negotiate with the Taliban without anypreconditions,” Nangarhar governor Gulab Mangal said.