A few weeks before the capture of Afghanistan militants “Taliban” in Doha began active negotiations with US participation. This is reported by Bloomberg with reference to the sources close to negotiations.
According to the agency’s interlocutors, representatives of the Taliban and Afghan government officials participated in the negotiations, in addition to American diplomats. During the meetings, the parties previously agreed on a two-week cessation of fire. During this period, according to the agency’s interlocutors, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani should have declared his resignation, after which the negotiations would have begun on the formation of the transitional government, where the ex-president of the country Hamid Karzai was to enter “and other acting and former officials” RBC.
According to the sources, the unhindered movement of the Taliban in the territory of Afghanistan and the further capture of Kabul became a surprise even for representatives of the Taliban, and the flight of Ghani and did surprise all three sides of the negotiations at all and put the cross on a preliminary agreement.
According to Bloomberg, the American Ambassador in Afghanistan and Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad, which was represented by the United States at negotiations in Qatar, is still in Doha, trying to find new ways to resolve to ensure the preservation of peace in the Afghan capital. According to sources, he pays special attention to the issue of a peaceful transition to a new government, where representatives of different layers of the Afghan society should get, and not just the Taliban.