Afghanistan’s chief peace negotiator Dr Abdullah Abdullah on Friday said the Taliban is mistaken if they think of using violence as means to get concession in peace talks, TOLOnews reported. 

Speaking at the Herat Security Dialogue, he said the Doha talks have seen no progress. Amid the rising violence, he added, “what is the sense of the presence of the negotiating team (Afghan Republic team) in Doha.”

“The talks have not had any impact on the reduction in violence and in improving the security situation, then where they will lead us?” Abdullah Abdullah was quoted as saying by TOLOnews. 

Highlighting the role of neighboring countries, especially Pakistan and Afghanistan, on the Afghan peace process, Abdullah said, “the countries in the region have an impact on the Afghan peace process and that peace and stability in Afghanistan are in their favor.”

Frustration within the Afghan government has been growing as the Taliban increased its attacks all across the country and the intra-Afghan peace talks failed to address this issue. 

Just a day earlier, Afghan First Vice President Amrullah, speaking at the same event said, “We didn’t recognize the US-Taliban deal. We said we took note of the deal.” 

As the US President Donald Trump lost the election, experts believe Joe Biden would likely to keep a small number of American troops for counterterrorism purpose- a move that will not go down well with the Taliban. 

Earlier, the Taliban reacting to the US election result, said they expect the next administration to stick to the US-Taliban deal that is “withdrawal of all foreign troops,” in exchange for not allowing Afghan soil to be used for terrorist attacks.