خبرونه - افغانستان

The Hezb-e-Islami led by Gulbuddin Hekymatyar is pessimistic about peace negotiations in Qatar, Hekmatyar's delegation in Kabul said.

A delegation sent to Kabul by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar said that if the negotiations have good results it will be in the benefit of the Afghanistan.

Negotiations between Hezb-e-Islami and the Afghan government have not led to any results.

"We pray and hope that these negotiations bring good will to our country," Ghayrat Baheer Head of Hezb-e-Islami's political office said. "As far as Afghan solution is concerned, all political parties and different ethnic groups of Afghanistan should take part."

A high ranking delegation of Hezb-e-Islami recently arrived in Kabul to talk with Afghan government, but no progress has been reported so far.

Mr Baheer said he hoped the talks would have a positive outcome.

He dismissed reports about surrender of Hezb-e-Islami members to the government.

"Afghans never surrender and Hezb-e-Islami not at all," he said.

Despite contacts between Hezb-e-Islami and Washington, no clear sign of progress has emerged.

Meanwhile, Leader of Change and Hope Coalition, Dr Abdullah Abdullah, has criticised the peace process arguing that neither Afghan political parties, nor civil society or the people in general are part of it. He said the Afghan government does not have a transparent programme for peace talks.

"Playing with the great wish of the Afghan people which is peace in the county is a political game. If a political game is played, whether at the regional or international level, it will not only lead to peace but will also distance us from peace," the Leader of Change and Hope Coalition said at a gathering in Kabul on Sunday.