Afghan govt, Taliban to meet this week
PARIS: France said on Sunday
officials from the Afghan government, Taliban and other factions would meet
this week near Paris to discuss the country's future as NATO troops prepare to
pull out in 2014.
Speaking on RFI radio, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius,
whose country withdrew the last of its combat troops from Afghanistan on
Saturday, said Afghan President Hamid Karzai had given his green light to the
meeting.
"Discreet talks have been taking place between
different factions for three years," Fabius said.
"If you want peace, it's usually between people who
don't agree, and over there they don't talk to each other. So there will be
discussions, but it won't be negotiations."
Karzai's government has failed to draw the Taliban into
face-to-face-talks. The forthcoming event is the first time representatives
from the Taliban, members of the Afghan High Peace Council and influential
figures from the Northern Alliance who fought the Taliban for years are taking
part.
A Taliban spokesman said there would only be speeches at the
conference and there would be no political commitments and no negotiations
would take place.
The officials are due to meet between Wednesday and Friday
at a secret location to the north of Paris, which will be entirely closed off,
said Camille Grand, director of the Foundation for Strategic Research, a think
tank which is organising the event.
"They have been invited on an individual basis,"
he said." The idea is to get them to talk freely and behind closed
doors," he told Reuters, adding that there would be 20 participants. He
declined to name the individuals attending.
Fabius said France had no direct involvement in the process
other than hosting it. Sources said French officials would be present.
Attacks by Taliban insurgents rose slightly during the main
part of the Afghan fighting season this year as some US forces withdrew and the
transition to a lead role for Afghan security forces picked up pace, according
to a Pentagon report released on Dec. 10. (REUTERS)
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