Taliban officials and US diplomats to resume talks in Kabul ahead of the March 17 assembly
Afghanistan to hold grand council of elders and politicians to discuss peace 25 February 2019 - 21:03 Agency Staff Members of Afghanistan's Loya Jirga attend a meeting in Kabul. Picture: OMAR SOBHANI/REUTERS Kabul — Afghanistan is planning to hold a grand council of tribal elders and political leaders in March to discuss how to end the Taliban insurgency, a presidential peace envoy said, as Taliban officials and US diplomats prepared to resume talks in Qatar on Monday.
Daudzai, a former interior minister, said it would also be an opportunity to make it clear that the ultrahardline rule imposed by the Taliban in the 1990s, with its harsh punishments and restrictions on women’s rights, is unacceptable for Afghanistan’s broader society. “We will discuss in the jirga that the gains, particularly the rights of women and freedom of speech, are not up for debate or concession,” Daudzai said.
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