{"id":55200,"date":"2019-08-11T16:38:12","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T16:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/08\/11\/afghanistan-president-rejects-foreign-interference-as-us-taliban-talks-advance\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:52:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:52:58","slug":"afghanistan-president-rejects-foreign-interference-as-us-taliban-talks-advance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/08\/11\/afghanistan-president-rejects-foreign-interference-as-us-taliban-talks-advance\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan president rejects foreign interference as US-Taliban talks advance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KABUL, Afghanistan \u2014 Afghanistan\u2019s president on Sunday rejected foreign interference as the United States and the Taliban appear to be closing in on a peace deal without the Afghan government at the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Ashraf Ghani spoke during the Muslim holiday of Eid-al-Adha and as U.S. and Taliban negotiators continue their work in the Gulf nation of Qatar, where the insurgents have a political office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking after the Eid prayers, Ghani insisted that next month&#8217;s presidential election is essential so that Afghanistan&#8217;s leader will have a powerful mandate to decide the country&#8217;s future after years of war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Our future cannot be decided outside, whether in the capital cities of our friends, nemeses or neighbors. The fate of Afghanistan will be decided here in this homeland,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We don&#8217;t want anyone to intervene in our affairs.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2019\/08\/06\/taliban-say-differences-resolved-on-us-troop-withdrawal\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Secure-helicopter-LZ.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Taliban say differences resolved in peace talks on US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The United States and the Taliban have resolved differences in peace talks over the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan and guarantees from the insurgents that they will cut ties with other extremist groups, a Taliban official said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad is seeking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/08\/02\/us-envoy-says-afghanistan-peace-agreement-possible-in-next-taliban-talks\/\" target=_blank>a peace deal by Sept. 1<\/a>, weeks before the vote. The two sides are expected to agree on the withdrawal of some 20,000 U.S. and NATO troops in return for Taliban guarantees that Afghanistan would not be a base for other extremist groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Few details have emerged, but Khalilzad and the lead Taliban negotiator, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, have been traveling in recent days to brief several countries involved in the process on the latest developments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I hope this is the last Eid where #Afghanistan is at war,&#8221; Khalilzad said on Twitter, adding that negotiators were working toward a &#8220;lasting &amp; honorable peace agreement and a sovereign Afghanistan which poses no threat to any other country.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Taliban spokesman in Qatar, Suhail Shaheen, who has said a deal is expected at the end of this round of talks, also issued an Eid message expressing the hope that Afghanistan &#8220;will celebrate future Eids under the Islamic system, without occupation, under an environment of permanent peace and unity.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No major violence was reported in Afghanistan on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2776\" height=\"1756\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19223230467539.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani, center, greets as he arrives to offer Eid al-Adha prayers at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019.\" class=\"wp-image-91035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19223230467539.jpg.jpg 2776w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19223230467539.jpg.jpg?resize=300,190 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19223230467539.jpg.jpg?resize=768,486 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19223230467539.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,648 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19223230467539.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,972 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19223230467539.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1295 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2776px) 100vw, 2776px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Afghanistan&#8217;s President Ashraf Ghani, center, greets as he arrives to offer Eid al-Adha prayers at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019. (Nishanuddin Khan\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Taliban have refused to negotiate with the Afghan government, dismissing it as a U.S. puppet, and on Tuesday they declared the Sept. 28 election a &#8220;sham.&#8221; They warned fellow Afghans to stay away from campaign rallies and the polls, saying such gatherings could be targeted. A day later the group claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that targeted security forces in Kabul. The attack killed 14 people and wounded 145, most of them civilians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Taliban control roughly half of Afghanistan and are at their strongest since the U.S.-led invasion toppled their five-year-old government in 2001 after the group had harbored al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. More than 2,400 U.S. service personnel have died in Afghanistan since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ghani, stung by being excluded from the peace talks, on Sunday pleaded for national unity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Peace is the desire of each Afghan and peace will come, there shouldn&#8217;t be any doubt about it,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But we want a peace in which each Afghan has dignity. We don&#8217;t want a peace in which Afghans wouldn&#8217;t have dignity. We don&#8217;t want a peace that would cause people to leave their country. 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