Tehran, SAEDNEWS: "War and violence, like occupation, have never been and will never be a way out of Afghanistan's problems," Zarif wrote on his twitter page on Sunday after Taliban forces entered the Afghan capital and the country's President Ashraf Ghani left the country.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran will continue its efforts to [help realize] reconciliation in Afghanistan,” he added.
“The initiative by [our Afghan] brothers in the coordination council and other Afghan leaders can prepare the ground for dialogue and a peaceful transfer to sustainable peace,” Zarif said.
"We hope that this initiative will lead to dialogue and a peaceful transition of power in Afghanistan,” he continued.
Zarif's tweet came after the former Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, announced via a Sunday twitter post the establishment of a coordination council, attended by high-ranking Afghan officials, including the country's chief peace negotiator with the Taliban, Abdullah Abdullah, to be responsible for the “peaceful transfer of power” and reduce the possibility of further chaos and insecurity that would harm the Afghan people.
Karzai noted that the council was formed after Ghani and other officials left the country in order to manage Afghanistan's affairs in the best possible manner and pave the way for the peaceful transition of power.
Earlier on Sunday, a Taliban spokesman said the group expected a "peaceful transition of power” in the next few days after the militants entered Afghanistan's capital Kabul with little resistance amid evacuation of US diplomats from its embassy by helicopter (Source: FARS NEWS).
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