Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
President Trump has spent some two years working to establish peace in Afghanistan. U.S. Special Envoy Dr Zulmai Khalilzad has travelled to several countries and held several talks with the Taliban until the peace agreement between the U.S. government and the Taliban was signed on 29 February 2020. We and the Afghan people rejoiced at this news and wish to thank President Trump for his efforts.
According to this peace agreement, the Afghan government was supposed to release 5,000 members of the Taliban and the inter-Afghan peace talks were to commence on 10 March 2020. Unfortunately, Mr Ghani has refused to release all 5,000 prisoners, having only released just over 2,000 to date. It is for this reason that the inter-Afghan peace talks have not yet been able to start. Mr Ghani wants the war to continue so that he can continue to rule for another five years. He wants to waste another five years like he did the last five. It is clear that Mr Ghani is unable to implement the peace plan for Afghanistan. We, the Afghan people, and the Taliban are very disappointed with this fake leader. Mr. Ghani blames the Taliban for every attack, while the Taliban denied responsibility for some attacks.
The Taliban claims that the Afghan government is behind some of the attacks. We also suspect that Mr Ghani has an interest in making political use of some of the assassinations in order to make the peace process fail which he believes would work in his favour. Being in power is more important to him than peace. As long as this fake leader remains in power, thousands more people will be sacrificed to the war in Afghanistan. Mr Ghani is constantly trying to provoke our neighbours by placing the blame for the unrest in our country on them. Mr Ghani is lying to foreign diplomats and governments, us, the Afghan people and the Taliban. Mr Ghani should resign immediately and be arraigned for his acts.
We want to help our country and therefore take over full rein of the Afghan government. We call on our supporters, our future government members, and the Afghan people to hold their heads high. We will achieve lasting peace in Afghanistan within 3 months of assuming power. We say to the Afghan people: Do not trust Mr Ghani and his empty words to make peace.
Best regards
Hayattullah Maiwand
1.Chairman of FDPA