Former Vice President Mohammad Karim Khalili said in an interview with TOLOnews that the former and incumbent administrations have not made any ‘considerable’ achievements in the peace process and that the peace strategy should be reviewed.

“I believe that the former government was not as successful as required. The incumbent government also has not achieved any success unfortunately. This [peace strategy] should be reviewed,” he said.

He said the agreement for holding the Constitutional Loya Jirga (Grand Assembly) was done only between President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah; not between the two teams.

“The Constitutional Loya Jirga was between the two gentlemen [Ghani and Abdullah]; not between the two teams. The National Unity Government is established between the two gentlemen, the president and the chief executive. But the agreement has to be implemented for the people. However its implementation has been weak so far,” Khalili added.

Meanwhile, the High Peace Council’s (HPC) international relations advisor Mohammad Ismail Qasimyar said Afghanistan’s peace will not be successful without the world’s cooperation.

“We will not have a proper result from our peace efforts as long as countries (do not) provide us with proper cooperation. Everyone knows that peace is a basic requirement for the people, but unfortunately it is not government’s top priority,” Qasimyar said. 

The High Peace Council (HPC) has at least 50 members which include former jihadi leaders, along with influential and tribal figures and women.