President Ashraf Ghani officially opened the second Kabul Process meeting in the Afghan capital on Wednesday and said peace needs to be sought with the Taliban in order for them to become a political group.

Ghani said the peace process, and a ceasefire must be agreed upon with the Taliban.

“The Afghan government must be accepting and we will also work on the list of freeing Taliban prisoners”, he said.

Ghani also called on Pakistan to hold talks government to government and said: “We will be ready to starts talks with Pakistan and forget the past and start a new chapter.”

Ghani sent a strong message to the Taliban however, and said today peace is in their hands. He called on the group to accept the offer and to join the peace process and together with Afghanistan “save the country”.

Ghani also announced the Afghan government will provide passports to Taliban members and their families and will issue visas, open an office for them - even in Kabul - and will also work to remove sanctions against Taliban leaders.

In this episode of Tawde Khabare host Zabi Sadat discusses the topic with the following guests:

Daoud Kalakani, MP

Hashim Alkozai Senate Defense Commission Chairman

Farooq Zamani, Former head of HPC office

Farid Ahmad Kakar, political analyst