On September 14, First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh said there will be no compromise on the title, the context and the type of a future government in Afghanistan in the peace negotiations with the Taliban, reports Tolo News on September 15. Amrullah Saleh said that a senior US official has assured him that the US, the Taliban and their supporters will harm if the group violates ethical and political framework in the intra-Afghan negotiations in Doha (Qatar). “I had a conversation with Senior Director for South and Central Asia at the US National Security Council Lisa Curtis. She assured that Doha has opened an ethical and political way to solve the crisis. If they want to violate the framework, it will harm them and their supporters,” Saleh said.
Meanwhile, Taliban in an article named “the peace spoiler group at the Presidential Palace” identified Amrullah Saleh as one of the spoilers, reports Tolo News on September 15. The article reads that the “spoiler group” at the Palace is led by First Vice President Amrullah Saleh. But the Presidential Palace said the steps taken by the Palace show its willingness and interest for peace.