Africa Business Radio

A band of veteran Afghan leaders, including two regional commanders, are angling for talks with the Taliban and plan to meet within weeks to form a new front for holding negotiations on the country’s next government.Khalid Noor, son of Atta Mohammad Noor, the once-powerful governor of northern Afghanistan’s Balkh province, said the group comprises veteran ethnic Uzbek leader Abdul Rashid Dostum and others opposed to the Taliban’s takeover.He says they prefer to negotiate collectively because it is not that the problem of Afghanistan will be solved just by one person.He says it is important for the entire political community of the country to be involved, especially the traditional leaders, those with power, with public support.