Abdullah: We want to achieve peace, we want to achieve stability

Afghans want peace and leers on both sides who do t embrace opportunity will suffer wrath of Afghans, exhausted by deces of war, said He of Afghan High Council for National Reconciliation in Kabul on Wednesday.

Dr. Abdullah Abdullah emphasised importance of a reduction in violence to pave ro for reaching a peace deal between Taliban and Afghan government.

council is final say for government side in historic negotiations which started in Qatari capital Doha on 12 September.

negotiations were a long time coming and were laid out in a deal signed in February between US and Taliban.

deal was signed to allow America to withdraw from Afghanistan and end its longest military engment of 19 years.

US withdrawal does t hinge on success of Afghan negotiations, but rar on Taliban commitments to fight terrorist groups in Afghanistan, particularly Islamic State group affiliate hequartered in eastern Afghanistan.