{"id":3139,"date":"2020-11-07T06:02:17","date_gmt":"2020-11-07T06:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.caps.af\/?p=3139"},"modified":"2020-11-07T06:02:17","modified_gmt":"2020-11-07T06:02:17","slug":"lack-of-national-consensus-overshadows-doha-talks-rabbani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caps.af\/?p=3139","title":{"rendered":"Lack of National Consensus Overshadows Doha Talks: Rabbani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><strong>(TOLO News): Salahuddin Rabbani, head of Jamiat-e-Islami party, at a gathering of his supporters in Kabul on Friday said that lack of consensus in the country on the ongoing peace talks with the Taliban in Qatar and absence of Afghanistan&#8217;s influential politicians in the process have overshadowed the negotiations.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>Rabbani, who addressed his supporters, alleged that there are some elements within the government who see their interests in continuation of the war.\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cThe ongoing problem is rooted in the lack of a sincere will for peace because some elements\u2019 mission is to destroy the country and some others think only about saving their power,\u201d Rabbani said.\u00a0 Rabbani also accused the government of monopolization of power, stating that the approach has led to an increase in insecurity.\u00a0 At the same event, Ahmad Zia Massoud, former vice president and a key member of Jamiat-e-Islami, accused the government of expanding corruption, social injustice and discrimination in the country.\u00a0 \u00a0He warned that the Taliban will never abandon violence, saying that the group\u2019s plan is to enhance their war machine once the foreign forces leave.\u00a0 \u201cThe Taliban has no interest in peace. They do not believe in social and political liberties, elections and freedom for women,\u201d said Massoud.\u00a0 Massoud also accused President Ghani of interference in security agencies\u2019 affairs and added that the president \u201cinterferes\u201d even in police chiefs&#8217; appointments.\u00a0 \u201cA single person wants to manage all government activities\u2026 The president wants to do all the activities,\u201d said Massoud.\u00a0 He called on those Jamiat members who have part their ways from the party to reunite and help in overcoming security challenges in the country.\u00a0Similar remarks were made by Ata Mohammad Noor, the CEO of Jamiat-e-Islami party, who addressed another gathering in Kabul on Friday.\u00a0 \u00a0Noor called on the country\u2019s political leaders to bring the people together against the Taliban. He said the people still can fight against the Taliban if the group denies peace.\u00a0 \u00a0He also blamed the government for sidelining the country\u2019s political leaders from decisions on national issues, including peace.\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cIt is not so that you continue killing and we continue calm to avoid any harm to the peace efforts,\u201d Noor said, pointing to Taliban violence. \u201cIf you (Taliban) exaggerate, we will have to take up arms, bring together our people and sacrifice for defending this country and its values.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(TOLO News): Salahuddin Rabbani, head of Jamiat-e-Islami party, at a gathering of his supporters in Kabul on Friday said that lack of consensus in the country on the ongoing peace talks with the Taliban in Qatar and absence of Afghanistan&#8217;s influential politicians in the process have overshadowed the negotiations.\u00a0 \u00a0Rabbani, who addressed his supporters, alleged [&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-3139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archived-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3139","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=3139"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3140,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3139\/revisions\/3140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}