Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (INTERMEDIATE/REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)The visit of the President was made at the invitation of the Emir of Qatar and will include a discussion of reciprocal cooperation and the peace process (the Taliban). "Kabul (Reuters)-Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai will go to Qatar in recent days to discuss the peace negotiations with the Taliban, Afghanistan Foreign Ministry announced Sunday.
That step was taken when scaled up efforts to seek a settlement of the war in Afghanistan is now the 12th year, Reuters reports.
The departure of Karzai to Qatar will be the first visit of the President of Afghanistan to discuss the peace process in that country, the Taliban and is done after negotiating jams for years with the u.s., Pakistan and the Taliban.
The visit will include talks on the formation of a political office of the Taliban in Doha, capital of Qatar.
"The President's Visit was made at the invitation of the Emir of Qatar and will include a discussion of reciprocal cooperation and the peace process (the Taliban)," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Janan Mosazai at a news conference Sunday.
Karzai is expected to go to Qatar in a week, said a senior official of Afghanistan told Reuters.
Increased efforts to seek a settlement of the war in Afghanistan terunding that has been going on for more than a decade.
Karzai, who will quit his post after the elections of April 2014, before accusing the UNITED STATES negotiating with the Taliban Government of Afghanistan without involving. The charges were disputed by the u.s. and its allies.
The President of Afghanistan were known to throw the usual spontaneous statements said critics often cause tension.
Karzai and his supporters in Western countries have agreed that all foreign combat forces will return to their country by the end of 2014, but the West promised to provide support which continued after this time in the form of funds and training for Afghanistan's security forces.
NATO aims to train soldiers and police by the end of Afghanistan by the end of 2014 to ensure stability in that country, but challenges still ahead of us in the process of transition.
Desertions, the assignment is bad and low morale among major problems that complicate the commanders of NATO and Afghanistan.
In October 2011, the Taliban promised to fight until all foreign forces leave Afghanistan.
The Taliban, who ruled Afghanistan since 1996, waged a rebellion since it was ousted from power in the country by U.S.-led invasion in 2001 because of the Al Qaida leader refused to hand over Osama bin Laden, who is accused of responsibility for the attack in the region that killed 3,000 Americans on September 11, 2001.
About 130,000 members of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) led by NATO that comes from dozens of countries sent to Afghanistan to help the Kabul Government battle the insurgency of the Taliban and its allies.
Taliban guerrillas rely heavily on the use of roadside bombs and suicide attacks against Afghanistan's Government and foreign troops stationed in the country.
Assembled bomb, known as an IED (improvised-explosive) resulted in 70-80 percent of the foreign forces casualties in Afghanistan, according to the military. (M014)
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