In December 2017, the Afghan High Peace Council (HPC) assembled a conference, during which mechanism for peace talks with Taliban was deliberated. At the time, the Chairman of HPC concluded that Kabul is ready to start peace talks with Taliban without any pre-condition. President Ghani, on his part externalised the crisis and stated that “If the Taliban call themselves Afghans… they should come and sit with us at the inter-Afghan dialogue so that we can reach a peace deal with Pakistan like state to state”.A few days later, Chairman of Mahaz e Milli Party Afghanistan- Sayed Hamid Gailani- sought to form a delegation aimed at entering talks with some factions of the Taliban. He stated that “I do not accept the rumours that say Taliban leaders are in other places. Most of Taliban leaders are in their own country. I say to the Taliban this is your country and also to the government that this is your country”.
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