A key member of Jamiat-e-Islami party and former minister of energy and water, Mohammad Ismail Khan, says the representatives of the party have asked the president not to dissolve the High Peace Council and to ensure a peace negotiations team is not a parallel body to the HPC.

According to the Presidential Palace, President Ashraf Ghani has started consultations with political parties and former jihadi leaders over the formation of a negotiations team on peace.

In this episode of Tawde Khabare, host Nemat Rawan discusses the topic with the following guests:

Amir Mohammad Akhundzada, the former governor for Nimroz province

Mohammad Jan Rasulyar, a political affairs analyst 

Mawlawi Abdul Basir Haqqani, head of Kabul Ulema Council

Qazi Mohammad Hassan Haqyar, writer and political activist