Several Afghan political leaders are expected to participate in a meeting in Vienna, Austria, in September, to discuss issues related to Afghanistan. Ahmad Massoud, Rahmatullah Nabil, Rangin Dadfar Sepanta, and Fawzia Kofi, among others, will participate in the meeting.
This meeting will be held from September 15-17 to find alternative paths of dialogue with the Taliban.
These political actors stressed that they witnessed reluctance of the Taliban regarding peace talks. However, they insisted that there is a need for dialogue between the political elites and the people of Afghanistan.
They said that Afghan citizens deserve a government and a viable constitution.
According to these political figures, the Taliban must understand that Afghanistan will be truly stable when a legitimate government, which is accepted by Afghan citizens and the international community, is established.
According to them, the unwillingness and inability of the Taliban to provide services, protect the basic rights of citizens, especially women and girls, the deterioration of the security situation, economic and humanitarian crisis require a new approach to address the crisis in Afghanistan.
They said that the Taliban violated human rights, especially the rights of women and girls, and deprived them of education, social activities, and freedom.
According to them, violence, murder, torture of former members of the security forces, repression of the media, and forced migration of minorities is the dark reality of Afghanistan under the Taliban.
