{"id":2957,"date":"2020-09-07T06:52:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T06:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.caps.af\/?p=2957"},"modified":"2020-09-07T06:52:03","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T06:52:03","slug":"kabul-to-push-for-ceasefire-in-talks-with-taliban-afghan-officialkabul-to-push-for-ceasefire-in-talks-with-taliban-afghan-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caps.af\/?p=2957","title":{"rendered":"Kabul to push for ceasefire in talks with Taliban: Afghan officialKabul to push for ceasefire in talks with Taliban: Afghan official"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">(Al Arabiya): The Taliban\u2019s seriousness about peace will be evident from the outset, when Kabul\u2019s negotiating team pushes for a permanent ceasefire, Vice President Amrullah Saleh said. \u201cThe first test for the Taliban is (a) ceasefire,\u201d Saleh told Tolo News, the country\u2019s biggest private television network. \u201cIf they accept the ceasefire, they are committed to peace. If not, they are not.\u201d Saleh said the Afghan delegation would go to Doha after all logistical issues are sorted. \u201cWe will not go until everything is in place&#8230; like desks, our flag and what to call each other,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is a war of symbols now and we are not going to give up on it. We have to be assured that we are respected. We will not give in to any pressure.\u201d Saleh said the start of the talks were delayed over opposition to the release of some militants. \u201cWe had to reach an agreement with our allies about six blacklisted prisoners,\u201d he said, referring to France and Australia. Paris and Canberra objected because of their links to the murders of French and Australian civilians and troops in Afghanistan. Saleh said it was agreed that these prisoners \u201cwill be sent to Qatar for a specific period.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Al Arabiya): The Taliban\u2019s seriousness about peace will be evident from the outset, when Kabul\u2019s negotiating team pushes for a permanent ceasefire, Vice President Amrullah Saleh said. \u201cThe first test for the Taliban is (a) ceasefire,\u201d Saleh told Tolo News, the country\u2019s biggest private television network. \u201cIf they accept the ceasefire, they are committed to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archived-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2958,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2957\/revisions\/2958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}