![]() “The conference would be meaningless without the Taliban joining. The Taliban had earlier refused to attend any Afghan peace summit until all foreign forces were pulled out of Afghanistan. The international conference, deemed essential for the war-torn country’s future amid escalating violence, was scheduled to be held from April 24 until May 4. ![]() The Eid al-Fitr holiday follows Ramadan, which ends this year in mid-May. “We thought that it would be beneficial to postpone it … We consulted Qatar, the United States and the United Nations and decided to hold it after Ramadan and Eid festivities,” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told the Haberturk news channel on Tuesday.Ĭavusoglu added that there is “no need to hurry” after the recent decision by the US to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan. Turkey says it is postponing a much-anticipated Afghan peace conference in Istanbul until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. ![]()
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