Some key leaders of Afghanistan’s Taliban
The Taliban are an hardline Islamist movement in Afghanistan that has been fighting an insurgency against the Western-backed government in Kabul since being ousted from power in 2001.
Doha process
Ghani Urges World To Support Peace In Afghanistan In Speech To UN
In a pre-recorded speech Ghani said the Afghan government had demonstrated the “commitment, compassion, and courage” to make hard decisions to hold direct peace talks with the Taliban but said this wouldn’t be enough.
UN Security Council passes resolution endorsing Afghanistan peace
All 15 members supported the resolution, tabled by the United States, which endorses a joint US-Afghan declaration on peace and an agreement signed between Washington and the Taliban.
“Doha process a failure for the US, they have been unable to force Taliban to a ceasefire’
The Taliban believes that such attacks will provide an opportunity for it to bargain from a position of greater strength and derive maximum concessions from the talks.