Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (C) and other members of the Taliban arrive to attend an international conference in Moscow
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced on March 18, 2021 that the biggest obstacle to peace in Afghanistan is the United States, which instead of abiding by the Doha Agreement, is declaring that Afghanistan the United States is not obliged to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan. The Russian foreign minister was speaking to international newspapers and TV reporters after receiving a delegation of Afghan Taliban in Moscow. He said the Moscow conference was for peace in Afghanistan, but that if US forces did not withdraw from Afghanistan on May 1, there was a risk of a major war and the entire responsibility would fall solely on the United States. And Russia, China, Pakistan and Afghanistan will be with the Taliban. We wrote to him in the columns that on February 22, 2021, ISPR had said that Pakistan would not be a part of any war in Afghanistan and that Pakistan’s friendship in Afghanistan would be only with those who are there will strive for peace. Pakistan has said that Pakistan, Ashraf Ghani, the Taliban and the United States are not allies in the war in Afghanistan. Pakistan invites everyone to sit at the peace table and Pakistan is ready to play its full role in bringing peace, but on March 17, 2021, Biden reiterated that the United States should withdraw its troops from Afghanistan on May 1.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has responded by saying that the biggest obstacle to peace in Afghanistan is the United States. The Russian foreign minister said that the United States was openly violating the Doha agreement, so Russia was not the United States at all, but on the contrary, it was with the Afghan Taliban. In a special report published by Newsweek on February 23, 2021, the Taliban warned Biden to leave Afghanistan as soon as possible and now the Afghan Taliban are preparing for war, this time with China, Russia and Pakistan. , Afghans will be with the Taliban and eventually America will get out of Afghanistan with its destruction. Participants in the Afghan Peace Conference in Moscow are calling for a ceasefire and a reduction in violence, but the United States is trying to somehow make its place in the Afghan government, and that is devastating for the United States.
At an Afghan peace conference in the Russian capital, Moscow, Russia, the United States, China and Pakistan called on the Afghan side to immediately discuss key issues such as a reduction in violence, a ceasefire and peace. Turkey and Qatar attended the conference as special guests. The joint statement issued by the conference highlighted key points in the inter-Afghan talks with the Taliban and Afghan government and political representatives, stopping violence in Afghanistan, immediate ceasefire and use of Afghan territory against another country demanded not to happen. The Moscow government also wants an interim government in Afghanistan. However, the idea has been vehemently rejected by President Ashraf Ghani’s government. On March 15, he also rejected a proposal, saying new elections were the only way to transfer power in Afghanistan. During President Trump’s presidency, Qatar hosted most of the peace talks in Afghanistan. The Afghan Taliban has also set up an office in Qatar since 2013. Many other parties, including the Kabul government, have been calling for peace talks to be held in different countries. In this regard, 8 to 10 countries of the world have offered to host peace talks, but the Moscow conference is a preliminary conference and the real talks will take place in Turkey next month. An important point of these talks is that the US and the Taliban were enforcing their own rules in the Doha talks, while the new venue will not have a situation that will increase the confidence in these talks.
The Afghan government delegation to the Moscow talks is based almost exclusively on those who represented the Kabul government at the Doha talks. The delegation will be led by Abdullah Abdullah. The Afghan Taliban delegation will be led by Taliban co-founder and current deputy chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, but is accompanied by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. Washington’s special envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmai Khalilzad, is in Moscow, while Pakistan Retired senior diplomat Muhammad Sadiq will be sent to Moscow. US President Joe Biden is apparently saying he is in favor of withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan, but his administration wants more time. However, the Taliban said that according to the Doha agreement, U.S and other foreign forces have to withdraw from Afghanistan by May 1 and no compromise will be made on that date. The United States is also considering withdrawing US ground troops, but military advisers will remain in Afghanistan to help Afghan security forces.
In January 2021, former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo succeeded in holding Afghan intra-talks in Doha. At the same time, Ajit Doval, India’s national security adviser, visited Afghanistan and the visit was kept top secret in New Delhi. This was revealed after a brief statement issued from the presidential palace. Ajit Doval, India’s national security adviser, also held talks with Abdullah Abdullah, head of the Afghan High Reconciliation Council, and his counterpart, Hamdullah Mohib. India has apparently been saying that the decision to form a government of its choice in Afghanistan is the right of the Afghan people. New Delhi, however, alleges that Pakistan is also trying to create a rift in India-Afghanistan relations. That is why India was not invited to the Moscow conference.
President Trump has made it clear that he will withdraw US troops from Afghanistan, but what has changed since Biden took office? Both India and Afghanistan are considering, but not Russia, China, Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban. It is well known that both India and the United States are becoming enemies of peace in Afghanistan and of China, Pakistan and Russia and to this end they will promote instability in Afghanistan.
