While September 21 marks the International Day of Peace, the Afghan peace process’s fate remains unclear despite continued efforts by Kabul and its international allies. 

In addition to efforts made in the past years, two big meetings were held in Kabul this year and three meeting were in other countries to bring the Afghan government and Taliban on the negotiations table in a bid to end the ongoing war and violence in the war-weary Afghanistan. 

The meetings held in the country and abroad this include the Second Kabul Process Meeting in June, gathering of over 2,000 Afghan clerics in Kabul in March, the Islamic Countries Religious Scholars Meeting in Indonesia in March, Tashkent Peace Summit on Afghanistan in March, Islamic Scholars Meeting in Saudi Arabia in March and the US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Allice Wells’ meeting with Taliban representatives in Qatar in July. 

Despite all these efforts and meetings, still there is not a predominant indication of official talks between the Afghan government and Taliban and that the fate of Afghan peace process remains uncertain. 
Now the question that rises is that why peace has not come to Afghanistan and the ground has not been paved for Afghan government and Taliban talks despite these efforts?

In this episode of Mehwar, host Sadaf Amiri discusses the topic with Waheed Ahmad, a political affairs analyst.