Afghans want government to boycott Qatar talks amid surge in violence
Amin Alemi
Press TV, Kabul
While the Taliban has denied any involvement in some of recent deadly attacks, mainly the assault on Kabul University on Monday that claimed the lives of at least 19 university students, the Afghan government accuses the militant group of continuing to launch deadly attacks, especially on civilians.
This comes as the government’s peace delegation in Qatar is trying to make a political deal with the Taliban’s negotiating team to bringing peace. However, locals argue that since holding negotiations contradicts waging war, the Afghan government needs to bring its delegation back from Doha to Kabul as a show of protest at the Taliban's acts of bloodshed.
In the meantime, analysts say the surge in violence has dashed hopes among Afghans and even in the international community regarding peace and stability in the country.
The recent attack by Daesh on Afghanistan’s main state university in Kabul was labelled an intelligence failure for the government and a shame for the Taliban by Afghanistan’s first vice president Amrullah Saaleh. However, he promised that such failures will not happen in the future.
The rise of terrorist attacks, mainly the ones on academic sites over the last 10 days, has brought rage and condemnations both at home and abroad.
The Iranian embassy, the civilian ambassador of NATO, some human rights bodies and a number of international organizations have strongly condemned the attacks. The afghan government has also declared a national day of mourning across the country to honor the victims of terrorist attacks in Kabul.
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