President Ashraf Ghani at a ceremony on Tuesday warned the Taliban that if violence continues, the group will face the fate of Daesh in the country.

“The Taliban wants the people to surrender by violence? This will only provoke the people, so they treat you the way they treated Daesh,” Ghani said.

“Consultations are underway. These consultations are with politicians and civil society activists from diverse areas,” the Foreign Affairs Ministry’s spokesman Gran Hewad said.

This follows yesterday’s speech by former President Hamid Karzai in which he talked of “problems” with the list of delegates being prepared for the China meeting.

In this program, host Yaser Abrar discusses the topic with the following guests:

• Siddiq Pathman, political affairs analyst

• Abdul Qayum Sajjadi, an MP