Mohammad Umer Daudzai, head of Ghani’s campaign team and former special envoy of the president for peace, on Sunday in a conference on peace in Kabul said that the establishment of a Loya Jirga, a grand assembly, and the reconvening of the High Council of Reconciliation, are necessary to build a national consensus about the ongoing peace process, which analysts say has reached a promising stage.

Daudzai, who was also a senior member of the High Council of Reconciliation, said the next step after a Loya Jirga and a meeting of the council, will be the peace negotiations, which according to him, should be carried out in three stages.

He also suggested that all the steps should be taken after the swearing-in ceremony of the future president, “whoever he is.”

Some at the event criticized the Afghan government for not preparing a comprehensive plan for the peace process.

In this program host Nemat Rawan discusses the topic with the following guests: 

Nabi Masdaq, Ghani’s adviser 
Waliullah Shaheen, political analyst 
Adila Bahram, political analyst