Afghan government has prepared a plan envisaging direct talks with the Taliban in order to reach reconciliation. The High Peace Council (HPC), the Afghan government body, set up for negotiations with the Taliban, has defined a new settlement strategy that rules out participation of the third countries in the peace talks process. <br/><br/>The HPC spokesman Mohammad Ismail Qasimyar said yesterday that the government is trying to find ways that could help us engage in direct talks with the Taliban in order to bring them to the negotiating table and to reach comprehensive reconciliation through inter-Afghan dialogue. The Afghan Security forces carry out special operations against the Taliban on regular basis. Yesterday only, the government troops killed at least 54 militants in an operation in the southern province of Helmand.<br/><br/>

Afghan government has prepared a plan envisaging direct talks with the Taliban in order to reach reconciliation. The High Peace Council (HPC), the Afghan government body, set up for negotiations with the Taliban, has defined a new settlement strategy that rules out participation of the third countries in the peace talks process. <br/><br/>The HPC spokesman Mohammad Ismail Qasimyar said yesterday that the government is trying to find ways that could help us engage in direct talks with the Taliban in order to bring them to the negotiating table and to reach comprehensive reconciliation through inter-Afghan dialogue. The Afghan Security forces carry out special operations against the Taliban on regular basis. Yesterday only, the government troops killed at least 54 militants in an operation in the southern province of Helmand.