International / Former Afghan President meets with senior Taliban leader

A Taliban commander and senior chief of the Haqqani Network militant group, Anas Haqqani, met for talks with former Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a Taliban respectable informed Reuters on Wednesday. Karzai was followed by Abdullah Abdullah, the pinnacle of the Afghan National Reconciliation Council.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Aug 18, 2021, 06:35 PM

A Taliban commander and senior chief of the Haqqani Network militant group, Anas Haqqani, met for talks with former Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a Taliban respectable informed Reuters on Wednesday. Karzai was followed by Abdullah Abdullah, the pinnacle of the Afghan National Reconciliation Council.


The Haqqani Network constitutes a critical faction of the Taliban which rose to prominence after shooting capital Kabul on August 15. The community is based at the border with Pakistan and has been accused of a number of the deadliest militant assaults in Afghanistan over the years.


The former Afghan President and leader peace envoy were negotiating with senior leaders of the Taliban for the reason that fall of Kabul. Talks are being held withinside the Afghan capital to make bigger the scope of the destiny of Afghan authorities via way of means consisting of non-Taliban members. 


Senior Taliban chief Amir Khan Muttaqi has already held numerous rounds of talks with Kabul’s former political management on this regard, with the trendy spherical of debate being hung on August 17, suggested the Associated Press. Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid had stated in advance that the brand new authorities might be more “inclusive”.