The Taliban plans to present a written peace proposal to the Afghan side as early as next month, a spokesman for the Islamist insurgents said.
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“Peace talks and the process will be accelerated in the coming days and are expected to enter an important stage. It will be about peace plans. It may take a month for both sides to share their written peace plan. Although we (the Taliban) have the upper hand on the battlefield, we take negotiations and dialogue very seriously, “Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Monday.
As the transfer of the Bagram airbase to the Afghan army has added momentum to the Taliban to seize control of the new areas, Taliban leaders have resumed long delays in talks with Afghan ambassadors in the Qatari capital.
Hundreds of Afghan security forces fled to neighboring Tajikistan before the Taliban.
The Taliban has launched a large-scale offensive against government forces after NATO-led NATO countries began withdrawing their troops on May 1. Now the group controls more territory than ever before in the last 20 years – about 40% of the country. In response to the Taliban’s advance, the Afghan government announced a national mobilization and began distributing weapons to volunteers.
Earlier, the Afghan military had crossed the state border with Tajikistan several times in an attempt to retreat from fighting the Taliban. Thus, on June 23, more than 130 Afghan servicemen crossed the border, and on July 3, more than 300 people.
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Source: Ukrgate