KABUL – Top officials reveal good news coming from Afghanistan over the newround of peace talks.
Suhail Shaheen, a Taliban spokesman, said on Tuesday in a tweet that theTaliban deputy leader, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, along with hisdelegation, met with Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif.
Thr parties discussed a “peaceful solution” to the “Afghan issue” andmigrant problems in Iran.
Ambassador Pierre Mayaudon, the head of the EU’s delegation to Afghanistan,mentioned the peace talks in an interview with TOLOnews:
“We should soon hear some good news,” Mayoudon said, because the “US isfully supporting this process and we hope to see very soon theconcretization of these expectations because more than ever it is importantthat Afghans start talking” He reiterated that the government ofAfghanistan and the Taliban should “start negotiating.”
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This is the second time a Taliban delegation has traveled to Tehran afterthe cancellation of the US-Taliban talks in Qatar in early September.
“The Taliban’s visit to Iran means that Afghanistan’s neighbors, such asIran, Pakistan, Russia and China, which the Taliban have repeatedlyvisited, can play a positive role in peace and can play a negative role.And the Taliban’s task is to ensure the neighbor countries play a positiverole in Afghanistan’s peace process,” said Sayed Akbar Agha, a formerTaliban commander.
Iran has also confirmed the visit and Iranian Foreign Ministry sources toldthe media that one of the main goals of the meeting it to encourage the twosides to engage in dialogue between Afghans.
