{"id":3190,"date":"2020-11-22T04:53:09","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T04:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.caps.af\/?p=3190"},"modified":"2020-11-22T04:53:09","modified_gmt":"2020-11-22T04:53:09","slug":"ghani-urges-unsc-to-stress-sanctions-on-taliban-as-key-tool-for-success-in-peace-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caps.af\/?p=3190","title":{"rendered":"Ghani urges UNSC to stress sanctions on Taliban as key tool for success in peace talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><strong>(ATN News): President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has called on the UN Security Council (UNSC) to emphasize the implementation of sanctions as a critical tool for the success of the ongoing intra-Afghan talks in Doha.\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Addressing the UN Security Council\u2019s high-level meeting via a video conference on Friday night to discuss how it can support the peace process in Afghanistan, Ghani stated that \u201cpeace is the priority of the Afghan people.\u201d <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He urged the UNSC to press the Taliban for a sustainable ceasefire in the country.\u00a0 <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cI request the UN Security Council to reiterate the call for a ceasefire\u2026a ceasefire is not only a critical first step to peace but will also mitigate the precarious humanitarian situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing us to reach people in conflict areas as a second wave of the virus hits, which unfortunately is upon us,\u201d Ghani noted. <\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201c<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">I would request the Council to stress the effective and thorough implementation of sanctions regimes as a key instrument for the success of the negotiations with Taliban,\u201d Ghani said. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He added that the Taliban has yet to fulfill the conditions set. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cWe have yet to see\u2026Taliban\u2019s commitment to an Afghanistan where women\u2019s constitutional rights are protected, and minorities are not discriminated against,\u201d President Ghani noted. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Meanwhile, the Taliban in a statement on Saturday condemned Ghani\u2019s request, and \u201cconsiders it resentful attitude towards the peace process and continuation of the war.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(ATN News): President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has called on the UN Security Council (UNSC) to emphasize the implementation of sanctions as a critical tool for the success of the ongoing intra-Afghan talks in Doha.\u00a0 Addressing the UN Security Council\u2019s high-level meeting via a video conference on Friday night to discuss how it can support the [&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-3190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archived-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3190","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=3190"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3191,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3190\/revisions\/3191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caps.af\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}