...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
and the delegation of the Islamic Theocratic
Republicof Afghanistan confirmed on Wednesday.
"we've agreed on the size of the table"
"not yet..."
Nader Nadery, a member of the republic’s negotiating team in Doha, said: "Today (Wednesday), the plenary meeting was held between two Intra-Afghan negotiation teams. In this meeting, a joint working committee was tasked to prepare the draft topics for the agenda."
Taliban front man Mohammad Naeem stated that a general meeting of the two sides was held in Doha on Wednesday, and the joint committee was tasked with preparing the topics for the agenda of the talks.
"The current talks between the delegations from the two sides indicate that there is a will for peace among Afghans," said Mohammad Naeem.
The international community and Afghan leaders have responded positively to the news.
Numerous statements saying the usual things from the usual suspects skipped.
Abdullah Abdullah
...the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against both Karzai and Ghani. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun. He also held the meaningless salaried sop position as CEO of Afghanistan, while Ghani was president..., Reconciliation Council chairman, welcomed the "initial major step" of both sides' agreement in Doha on the procedural framework, and thanked the "republic’s negotiation team, all controllers and the host Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
for their valuable support."
Presidential Palace front man Sediq Sediqqi: "The president of the Islamic Theocratic
Republicof Afghanistan welcomes the finalization of the negotiation procedures in Doha. It’s a step forward towards beginning the negotiations on the main issues, including a comprehensive ceasefire as the key demand of the Afghan people for a lasting peace."
The negotiating teams of the Islamic Theocratic
Republicof Afghanistan and the Taliban recently agreed to include the US-Taliban deal, UN endorsements for the Afghan grinding of the peace processor, commitments of the negotiating teams and the will of the Afghan people as the base for upcoming negotiations, sources said.
Both the Kabul and Taliban teams had formed small groups called "contact groups" on the opening day of the talks on September 12. The contact groups have held five meetings so far to discuss rules and regulations as well as the agenda of the negotiations.
Qatar, which hosts the talks between the two sides, hailed the breakthrough reached on Wednesday, calling it a "milestone in the Afghan peace negotiations that began on September 12, 2020."
The peace negotiations between teams from the Islamic Theocratic
Republicof Afghanistan and the Taliban started on September 12; however, talks had been delayed because of disagreements on the procedural rules.