(MENAFN- Pajhwok Afghan News) (Pajhwok): The Peace Studies Organisation (APSO) says it plans to arrange a meeting between the and influential Afghan figures in the Gulf later in the month.
The Afghan civil group said the proposed gathering would be its initiative, with Pugwash Conferences on Science and Affairs playing no role in organising the two-day interaction.
Khalilullah Safi, a founding member of APSO, told the VOA that local media reports that Pugwash was behind the meeting were incorrect.
'Pugwash or any other international organization has no role in this meeting directly or indirectly. We are only inviting the United Nations as an observer,' Safi was quoted as saying.
Taliban representatives from their political office in Qatar, politicians, civil society members, parliamentarians, 's rights activists and people close to the Afghan government are expected to attend the talks.
Safi said: 'Our primary agenda is removing the obstacles to peace and finding ways to improve trust deficit between the two sides so that we can move forward with mutual consent.'
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