Youth Contact Group for Peace

ۤKhost Youths and New Generation Peace Jirga

The Youths and New Generation Peace Jirga of Khost Province was held on March 4, 2021 in the presence of hundreds of young people from all administrative units of the province. The Jirga was organized by the youth of Khost in cooperation with the YCGP in three parts; the inauguration, the work of the committees, the presentation of the decision of the working committees and the presentation of the resolution.

At first, Taher Jan Khayal, the head of the conducting commission of Khost Jirga, welcomed the members of the Jirga and emphasized on the unity of the new generation and the youths in the peace process.

Ehsanullah Hekmat, a member of the leadership of the YCGP, called on the negotiations engaged parties to continue the peace talks in their earliest convenience. He added that the negotiating teams between the Taliban and the Government should not wait for other countries to decide whether to continue peace talks or not.

Habibullah Ismail Khel, Professor Suleiman Bashramal, Bashra Harmat, Mawlawi Abdul Samad, Mikael Kamal, Naqib Sial and Fazl Jan Jahish spoke about the reducing of violence and declaring a ceasefire, the role and solidarity of the people, especially the youths and scholars of Afghanistan, in the peace process.

In the second part of the program, the work of the working committees began and the members of the Jirga discussed and discussed seven issues. The views of the members of the Jirga unified and in the third part of the program were presented by the officials of each committee. Meanwhile, the secretaries of the ten committees drafted and presented the final resolution of the Youth and New Generation Peace Jirga of the province.

Khost Youths and New Generation Peace Jirga resolution

The Youths and New Generation Peace Jirga of Khost was held on March 4, 2021 by the presence of hundreds of youths from the province. This Jirga which was conducted by the youths of the province with the cooperation of YCGP, representatives of the New Generation and Youths from all administrative units of the province participated and expressed their demands to the Government of Afghanistan, the Islamic Movement of Taliban and the International Community, especially the US as following:

1. The programs, summits and civil movements such as Youth and New Generation Peace Jirga of Khost should be held more, and these programs should also be held in villages and towns, especially in insecure areas.

2. All Afghans should do their duty and pave the way for peace through various channels, especially through the media, the religious scholars, the various classes and the traditional jirgas, in which women and youths from all administrative units participate on it

3. For the purpose of engaging Khost youths in the peace process, an inclusive policy with a broad and comprehensive structures should be developed, coordination and unity should be created among the youths of this province. The youths of this province should be consistent, and establish a coordinated and united movement for peace.

4. The youths and all other residents of Khost province, considering the population of this province, should be participated in the High Council for National Reconciliation. At the same time, pressure should be put on the government to hear the voice of the youths.

5. The youths of Khost province call on the government to re-evaluate the negotiating team and provide them with reliable information.

6. Government negotiating team should be inclusive and honest, impartial individuals should have membership, not on the basis of relations.

7. The Afghan Government must make sacrifices and show flexibility in its position. Meetings between the negotiating team should be held in Afghanistan and both parties show goodwill for the process. The youths and people of Khost province are ready to host peace negotiations in Khost province.

8. The GIRoA must abolish monopolies of power, put aside ethnicism and regionalism, and make national consensus and not sacrifice peace for the sake of extending their power.

9. The Afghan Government must ensure security all over the country and make changes to the structure of the High Council for National Reconciliation to be credible and acceptable to all factions.

10. We call for a permanent ceasefire, an end to aimless bombings and an increase in the number of youths in the peace process.

11. We, the youths of Khost province call for the maintenance of the current system, and serious reforms on it through legal means. We also call on the government to share the details of the peace process with the Afghan people.

12. We call on the Taliban Movement to cease fire and come to power through free elections.

13. The Taliban should not emphasize on their position and should be flexible. Taliban must give positive response to the demands of the Afghan people.

14. We call on the Taliban to show goodwill in the peace process and to be committed to national interests. We call on them to stop killing of Afghans.

15. We call on the International Community to force the Afghan Government and Taliban on the basis of the national interests of the Afghan people to ensure a ceasefire and peace in Afghanistan and we also ask them to prioritize the national interests of Afghan people not group`s interests of Taliban and Government.

16. We call on Islamic countries to clarify their position on the Afghan peace process and collaborate comprehensively in the process.

17. We call on the International Community to not look at the Afghan peace process as a project and remain honestly committed with peace process. We also call on them on creating international guarantees, support and maintain the process. They should share the signed agreements between the Taliban and the US to the Afghans. The International Community should stop supporting of war criminals.

18. We strongly urge the neighboring countries to make every effort to make the Afghan peace process successful.

19. Establishing a committee to oversee the peace process, and all probable challenges posed by the negotiators should be specified and solved.

20. We call on the International Community and the European Union to put pressure on Iran and Pakistan for the purpose of supporting the Afghan peace process, and make them to not support one side of negotiating team for ruining of Afghanistan.

21. The people of Khost province are facing insecurity, educational, developmental, health, unemployment and economic problems which caused by war. The people of Khost province are also suffering psychological problems due to armed conflicts.

22. The Afghan peace process should not be hidden, it should be exposed to all Afghans. The Peace Process should be monitored by religious scholars, elders and youths through creating committee and consensus.

Best Regards

Khost -Youths and New Generation Peace Jirga

March 4, 2021

Khost - Afghanistan