Afghanistan president makes ‘detailed peace offer’ to the Taliban

LET’S GET THIS PROCESS STARTED: President Trump may not be interested in talking to the Taliban after a series of deadly attacks this year, but Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani is. Ghani opened the 2nd Kabul Process Conference, attended by representatives from about two dozen countries, with what he called on Twitter “a detailed peace offer to Taliban and Pakistan on behalf of the Afghan people.”

The offer called for a ceasefire, an exchange of prisoners and included a promise to extend official recognition of the Taliban as a legitimate political group, as well as including the group in the political process and review of the country’s constitution. “We are making this offer without preconditions in order to lead to a peace agreement,” Ghani said in his opening remarks to the international conference.