“Be assured that as long as I am alive, they will not see the formation of an interim government. Earlier, Ghani had said that he would transfer power to his successor only after his tenure ended in 2025. An interim setup would be the ideal solution to end a protracted conflict in the country, Russia said. He added that a delay in starting “real” peace talks had led to the “Taliban’s expansion of their area of influence” by exploiting the Afghan government’s reluctance to engage in a vital dialogue. Neither the Taliban nor the US has outrightly rejected the notion of a provisional government,” he told Arab News.

Source: Ethiopian News January 29, 2021 08:58 UTC