Three-phase peace roadmap for Afghanistan?
A group of children play on a abandoned water tank on the outskirts of Kabul (Pic credit: AP)
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is set to put forward a three-phase peace roadmap for the war-torn country during the Turkey summit later this month, as per news reports. Reuters report says that Ghani will be seeking an agreement with the Taliban and a ceasefire before elections.
As the deadline for the troop pullout May 1 nears, Washington is pushing for a conference to be hosted by Turkey, with U.N. involvement. President Ghani's roadmap comes after the Afhan government rejected the proposal put forward by Washington.
Ghani's roadmap envisages drawing up a new legal system immediately for an interim administration to include Taliban representatives. The document with Reuters reportedly ...