May 9, 2016

"Afghanistan, together with other concerned countries, has put forward mechanisms such as the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) to facilitate the peace process. What are the responsibilities of the Afghan government? What questions remain over the shape of an eventual settlement and what is China's stake? Global Times (GT) reporter Wang Wenwen talked to Hekmat Khalil Karzai (Karzai), Afghan deputy foreign minister and leading representative to the QCG, over these issues.

GT: You are the head of the Afghan side in the QCG on Afghan Peace and Reconciliation that includes China, the US, Afghanistan and Pakistan. How do you evaluate this mechanism? What's the key in reaching a consensus among the four parties?

Karzai: The objective of the QCG is to bring the Taliban to the table. If the four parties are not able to do so, then the reality is that they need to take actions against all of the groups that are not going to participate in the reconciliation. So far, all the parties' efforts have not brought the Taliban to the table. Our position is that we are going to ask each country, China, the US and particularly Pakistan, to tell us what they have done to deal with the Taliban. That's their commitment."

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