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President Ghani yet to unveil policy to establish peace with Taliban
Taliban leaders who had rejected Karzai’s dialogue offers also seem unimpressed by Ghani’s peace appeals.
Afghan Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid believes “Ghani is even weaker than Karzai and dialogue with his administration would be a waste of time.”
In an email to The Express Tribune on Friday, Mujahid said, “Our longstanding stance about talks had been that we wanted dialogue with those who have power and are effective.”
The present Kabul government is more powerless than Karzai’s regime as it is directly in the hands of the Americans, he added.
“Ashraf Ghani has no powers and he has completely surrendered to the US. Talks with such an administration will be useless because he cannot take any decision without their approval and we do not want to waste our time,” said the spokesperson in the email.
Moreover, the Taliban feel that President Ghani has further complicated the peace process and made it difficult to achieve by signing the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) which allows US forces to stay in the country longer.
Sources privy to the Taliban political process say that at the moment Taliban negotiators describe the BSA as the main hurdle in reconciliation.
Taliban leaders who had rejected Karzai’s dialogue offers also seem unimpressed by Ghani’s peace appeals.
Afghan Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid believes “Ghani is even weaker than Karzai and dialogue with his administration would be a waste of time.”
In an email to The Express Tribune on Friday, Mujahid said, “Our longstanding stance about talks had been that we wanted dialogue with those who have power and are effective.”
The present Kabul government is more powerless than Karzai’s regime as it is directly in the hands of the Americans, he added.
“Ashraf Ghani has no powers and he has completely surrendered to the US. Talks with such an administration will be useless because he cannot take any decision without their approval and we do not want to waste our time,” said the spokesperson in the email.
Moreover, the Taliban feel that President Ghani has further complicated the peace process and made it difficult to achieve by signing the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) which allows US forces to stay in the country longer.
Sources privy to the Taliban political process say that at the moment Taliban negotiators describe the BSA as the main hurdle in reconciliation.