After former president Hamid Karzai rejected his appointment by the Afghan president to the peace council, Salahuddin Rabbani head of the Jamiyat Islamic Party also rejected the appointment stating the appointment came as a surprise to him and he was not approached about the appointment in advance.
“ Jamiyat Islamic Party has assigned an independent team to represent the Afghan people and guard the principles and values of the Afghanistan Islamic Republic government against the Taliban in the peace talks and will not back down from that.” a press release from the party stated.
Afghan president yesterday announced the appointment of a peace council which will represent the Afghan government in the intra-Afghan peace talks with the Taliban.
A close source to Hamid Karzai told Kavian Press, “the peace council announced by Afghan president yesterday is a government institution and the former president does not want to be part of a government team.”
