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2nd round of the #intraAfghanNegotiations

“@PeaceIRAfg delegation is going to Doha after meeting the government’s leadership and reconciliation council”: @7Anajia , spokeswoman of @SMP_AF

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“We are ready and have no problems. The agenda will be prepared by the sides’ agreements who have already agreed on. This is impossible that one side try to impose their opinions on the other”: @IeaOffice, #Taliban Spokesman.

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“The second round of peace talks is very vital and key. We have received reports from #Taliban leadership that they are not willing for peace”: Seraj, director of @NDSAfghanistan

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" @US4AfghanPeace's meeting with #Pakistan'i CoAS Bajwa on Monday coincide with the resumption of peace talks in Doha – which are scheduled to start on Tuesday."
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https://twitter.com/AyazGul64/status/1346090988008337410

The “demand of #Afghanistan’s people is that the bloodshed should end forever in this country,” @MMStanekzai, a former national intelligence chief who heads @PeaceIRAfg delegation, said in a video

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https://twitter.com/PeaceIRAfg/status/1346345058451263488

In a statement Tuesday welcoming the resumption of talks, #UN special representative for #Afghanistan, Lyons, said a “cessation in fighting would create a better atmosphere for talks” and allow emergency winter aid to reach rural areas.
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#Taliban declared that they are now “in a relatively stronger political & military position” than at any previous time.

Their efforts to ... resolve differences through talks, they warned, “should never be read as weakness”
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“Lasting peace must be just, inclusive and must be built on views of all Afghans. It is clear that ceasefire is the absolute priority of our people and it must be the priority for negotiations”: @N_Nadery
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https://twitter.com/N_Nadery/status/1346337123163664384

#AfghanPeaceTalks: The Latest on the Historic Negotiations

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In reference to the rumors about the establishment of an interim govt as part of the #AfghanPeaceProcess, @VPdanesh said that such move was aimed to cause the collapse of the political system of #Afghanistan
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.@US4AfghanPeace calls for progress as Afghan peace talks resume

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https://twitter.com/US4AfghanPeace/status/1346125516701650946

.@AfghanistanIHRC has called for the #ceasefire and the war victims’ rights to be agenda for the new round of negotiations between #Afghanistan and #Taliban.

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https://twitter.com/AfghanistanIHRC/status/1346052935277551618

"The incoming Biden administration wants both sides to find peace through negotiations," @TorekFarhadi, a former advisor to Ghani, told CBS News.

"But the Afghan sides are not closer than before to making peace."
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#Taliban spokesman @IeaOffice said a discussion on “a general #ceasefire will be one of the agenda items” but not necessarily the first item.
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According to the #AfghanPeaceDeal with the #US, @IeaOffice added, “there is no order of priority and no specific time as to when the issue of #ceasefire will be decided.”

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.@TorekFarhadi said the govt & #Taliban are “two warring minorities,” with the Afghan people caught in between — “one says they represent the republic, the other says we want to end foreign occupation & corruption. But the war is (only) about power.”

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Afghan peace talks may suffer from Trump's departure
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"@US4AfghanPeace held talks with FM @MHaneefAtmar, NSA @hmohib and President’s Chief of Staff Dr. Fazal Fazli. But he has not yet met President @ashrafghani"

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“The US ambassador and Gen. Scott Miller, the commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, also attended the meeting,” @mfa_afghanistan said in a statement.

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.@US4AfghanPeace also met @DrabdullahCE, chief of High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR), jihadi elder Abdul Rab Rasool Sayyaf and former president Hamid Karzai.
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https://twitter.com/DrabdullahCE/status/1346405287843024896

.@US4AfghanPeace traveled back to #Doha from #Kabul without meeting President @ashrafghani, sources said on Wednesday.

"According to sources, Ghani refused the meeting citing Khalilzad’s one-sided judgments in the peace process."
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"Sources familiar with #Afghanistan's politics have said that the possibility of an interim administration is one of the reasons why President @ashrafghani has refrained from meeting with @US4AfghanPeace "
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#WolesiJirga Speaker @MRahmanRhamani said the start of the 2nd round of #intraAfghanTalks in Doha was another chance for peace and both sides must be flexible and meet the demands of Afghan people of ceasefire and peace.
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#Taliban’s spokesman @IeaOffice said that #AfghanPeaceDeal with the #US provides a good plan to settle the conflict in #Afghanistan, adding that the "Taliban are firmly committed to the agreement & expect the opponent side to demonstrate the same spirit."
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https://twitter.com/IeaOffice/status/1346820852868907010

#Taliban spokesman @IeaOffice said that the #intraAfghanTalks resumed in Doha on Wednesday and the working groups from both sides will start their work on the agenda of the talks on Saturday.

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https://twitter.com/IeaOffice/status/1346846400441688064

Sources close to #Taliban and a member of @PeaceIRAfg team on Wednesday said that the Afghan Constitution will be one of the key points in the agenda of the second round of #intraAfghanNegotiations
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“@US4AfghanPeace arrived in Kabul with a message of interim govt which is a good message for the Afghan people, but the President did not give him time,” Gailani, a senior adviser to the HCNR told Ariana News
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.@PeaceIRAfg also confirmed late Wednesday night that the second round of #intraAfghanTalks has officially started.

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https://twitter.com/PeaceIRAfg/status/1346852905601671170

#Pakistan on Wednesday night welcomed the start of the second round of #intraAfghanNegotiations and said the two teams have made significant progress to date.
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https://twitter.com/ForeignOfficePk/status/1346877945806282756

While welcoming the ongoing #intraAfghanTalks, #NATO chief @jensstoltenberg said: “There are many challenges and many uncertainties. But of course, talks are the only path to peace … and a negotiated solution"
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Former Balkh governor and politician Atta Mohammad Noor said he has recently started considering the option of an interim government which he said could help resolve the current crisis.

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VP @AmrullahSaleh2 on Thursday said that the real fight is over power.

The #Taliban has not replied to the question about their definition of an Islamic system, Saleh said, adding that “the real fight is over power, not religion."
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VP @AmrullahSaleh2 said the #Taliban could no longer continue the war under the pretext of #Sharia and that was why they were insisting on their agreement with the #US to be the basis of #intraAfghanNegotiations
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“We will not compromise on martyrs, republic, flag and women rights. Nothing would be sacrificed during peace talks": @AmrullahSaleh2

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