Negotiators from the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan’s team stressed the need for an end to violence in the country as they met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday.

The negotiators said that in their meeting with the US secretary of state, they insisted on an end to violence and called for preserving Afghanistan’s achievements, especially in human and women’s rights, when it comes to a peace deal with the Taliban.

In this program, host Karim Amini discusses the topic with the following panelists.

•    Habiba Sarabi, member of Afghan republic 

•    Mohammad Naeem, Taliban spokesman 

•    Ahmad Alizai, an analyst