Afghan President Ashraf Ghani meets political leaders and discussed Afghanistan’s ongoing security situation in Presidential Palace (ARG) on Monday, August 9.
The fresh intra-leaders’ get-togethers and that with President Ghani come at a time when the Taliban have toppled four provinces and have entered the fifth provincial capital of Takhar province.
In Monday’s gathering, the Afghan President met Yunus Qanuni, Abdullah Abdullah, Abdurab Rasool Sayaf, Muhammad Muhaqiq, Mir Rahman Rahmani, Fazal Hadi Muslimyar, Abdul Rashid Dostum, and Sarwar Danish.
Afghan Presidential Palace in a statement said that the political leaders voiced their support to Afghan Defense and Security Forces and reiterated that the gains of the past twenty years should be protected.
The statement further adds that the political leaders support and unanimously request the survival and continuation of the republic.
“In the get-together, parties agreed upon mobilization, equipping, and strengthening of armed uprising around the country.” reads the statement.
Prior to that Marshal Abdu Rashid Dostum had met with acting defense minister Bismillah Muhammadi and had discussed the security situation of the northern provinces.
Earlier this month there had been series of gatherings of patriarchs of Kandahar province and former president Hamid Karzai.
The apparent internal consensus comes as the US, UN, Russia, and immediate neighbors of Afghanistan are set to hold a gathering on the Afghan peace process in Doha.
Meanwhile, #SanctionPakistan is widely used by social media users yesterday(on Mondy), especially on Twitter and Facebook. The hashtag was launched against Pakistan’s proxy war in Afghanistan & its support for Taliban. One wrote: ‘The heart of Asia Afghanistan, is burning in war today & the reason is clear-Pakistan.’ Afghans across the world are holding protests against Pakistan under the slogan of. ‘SanctionPakistan’.
