Ashraf Ghani proposes three-phase peace roadmap

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani will propose a three-phase peace roadmap for Afghanistan in the upcoming meeting in Turkey, Reuters reported as quoting a document seen by this news agency. The three-phase peace road map includes a consensus on a political settlement with the Taliban, an internationally monitored ceasefire before elections, implementation of political arrangements to lay the foundation of a new system called the government of peace, and developing a “constitutional framework, reintegration of refugees and development.”

The proposal by the Ghani-led government is highlighted at a time when the United States is pushing the two parties to reach a political settlement in the meeting to be hosted by Turkey, under the UN watch.