Afghanistan’s chief executive officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah has launched a scathing attack on the Taliban for its negative attitude towards the peace talk efforts initiated by the Afghanistan government.
While slamming the group’s hardline approach towards the Afghan government, Abdullah clarifies that the citizens of the country do not favour the Taliban’s way of running its government and its governance or does not want them back in power.
According to ANI news reports, while speaking at the World Economic Forum on Tuesday in Davos, Abdullah was quoted by TOLOnews as saying: “Taliban are asking for Islamic Emirate which is a different type of ruling, like the religious scholars, are getting together and appointing an Amir (Emire) so everybody could be obedient to that type of system while we embarked upon a different system.”
Abdullah further underlines the fact that despite repeated calls from the Afghan government to the Taliban to participate in the peace talks, the Taliban has repeatedly dismissed the calls, as well did not pay heed, and has been an obstacle affecting the peace talks by the Afghanistan government to end the 17-year-long war in the war-torn country.
Abdullah elaborated: “The fundamental obstacle has been the Taliban have refused at times, in most recently as well to sit together directly with the Afghan government to talk and discuss the issues including the concept of governance, including the issue of withdrawal of American troops or NATO, what they say is that we talk to the Americans about the troops withdrawal and we will try to be more inclusive when we rule again, I think that is the main obstacle. But by sitting around the table, one can find ways because they also have a stake in peace.”
Abdullah further clarified that Ashraf Ghani’s administration has not set any of pre-condition for the Afghan peace talks.