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Govt: Undeserved Legitimacy Given to Taliban in Peace Talks

Wahid Omar, an aide of President Ashraf Ghani, on Thursday said that the failed efforts for peace legitimized the Taliban. 

After the US-Taliban peace deal, both the US and the Taliban pledged to reduce violence in the country, but with the passage of time the commitments were not met and war has significantly increased in the country.  

“The Taliban gained a legitimacy which shouldn’t have been given to them as a group,” said Wahid Omar, a top aide to President Ashraf Ghani.

“The deal (US-Taliban agreement) increased the reputation of the Taliban,” said Sayed Akbar Agha, a former Taliban commander.

“The prisoners were released, but a ceasefire was not announced, the prisoners were released, but the peace process did not progress a single step,” said political analyst Sayed Eshaq Gailani.

However, a Taliban spokesman said that the US acted against the Doha peace agreement, adding that the current crisis originates from the violation of the Doha agreement by the US and the Afghan government.

“Unfortunately they announced a war on the second day of Eid. On the third day of Eid, they again announced war, then they went to the Parliament and announced a war,” said Mohammad Naeem, a Taliban spokesman.

“The outcomes of the talks are fake, they are fake, they are fake,” said war victim Abdul Latif.

Under the US-Taliban peace deal signed in Doha in February 2020, the US committed to leave the country by May 1, but US President Joe Biden extended the pullout deadline to September 11, 2021, without conditions. 

“It was a surprising decision, but our reaction was that the US as a sovereign country takes its own sovereign decisions and it will have aftershocks,” said Wahid Omar, a top aide to Ghani.

With the announcement of Biden’s withdrawal plan, the US and NATO forces started withdrawing from their bases, including the Bagram airbase. The Taliban increased its attacks at this time. 

The Taliban now controls ten provincial centers and 200 districts.

According to Afghan government statistics, the war has now displaced over 190,000 people across Afghanistan.

Recently a UN report said that the level of civilian casualties has increased by 47 percent this year. The UN said that over 5,000 civilians have been killed and wounded during the first six months of 2021 due to the fighting. 

Govt: Undeserved Legitimacy Given to Taliban in Peace Talks

“The deal (US-Taliban agreement) increased the reputation of the Taliban,” said Sayed Akbar Agha, a former Taliban commander.

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Wahid Omar, an aide of President Ashraf Ghani, on Thursday said that the failed efforts for peace legitimized the Taliban. 

After the US-Taliban peace deal, both the US and the Taliban pledged to reduce violence in the country, but with the passage of time the commitments were not met and war has significantly increased in the country.  

“The Taliban gained a legitimacy which shouldn’t have been given to them as a group,” said Wahid Omar, a top aide to President Ashraf Ghani.

“The deal (US-Taliban agreement) increased the reputation of the Taliban,” said Sayed Akbar Agha, a former Taliban commander.

“The prisoners were released, but a ceasefire was not announced, the prisoners were released, but the peace process did not progress a single step,” said political analyst Sayed Eshaq Gailani.

However, a Taliban spokesman said that the US acted against the Doha peace agreement, adding that the current crisis originates from the violation of the Doha agreement by the US and the Afghan government.

“Unfortunately they announced a war on the second day of Eid. On the third day of Eid, they again announced war, then they went to the Parliament and announced a war,” said Mohammad Naeem, a Taliban spokesman.

“The outcomes of the talks are fake, they are fake, they are fake,” said war victim Abdul Latif.

Under the US-Taliban peace deal signed in Doha in February 2020, the US committed to leave the country by May 1, but US President Joe Biden extended the pullout deadline to September 11, 2021, without conditions. 

“It was a surprising decision, but our reaction was that the US as a sovereign country takes its own sovereign decisions and it will have aftershocks,” said Wahid Omar, a top aide to Ghani.

With the announcement of Biden’s withdrawal plan, the US and NATO forces started withdrawing from their bases, including the Bagram airbase. The Taliban increased its attacks at this time. 

The Taliban now controls ten provincial centers and 200 districts.

According to Afghan government statistics, the war has now displaced over 190,000 people across Afghanistan.

Recently a UN report said that the level of civilian casualties has increased by 47 percent this year. The UN said that over 5,000 civilians have been killed and wounded during the first six months of 2021 due to the fighting. 

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