Afghan High Peace Council

The Afghanistan High Peace Council (HPC) (Dari: رئیس شورای عالی صلح افغانستان) was a body of the Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Program, established by Hamid Karzai to negotiate with elements of the Taliban.[1][2][3] The HPC was established on 5 September 2010. The last chairman of the council was former Afghan Vice-President Karim Khalili who was appointed to the post in June 2017.[4]The council was initially chaired by former President of Afghanistan Burhanuddin Rabbani until his assassination in 2011.

Afghan High Peace Council
Dari: رئیس شورای عالی صلح افغانستان
Peace movement overview
FormedSeptember 5, 2010 (2010-09-05)
Dissolved2019
JurisdictionAfghanistan
Statusdissolved

In September 2011 Haji Deen Muhammed expressed outrage over the killing of Sabar Lal Melma.[5] Sabar had been apprehended and sent to Guantanamo in 2002, based on allegations he helped facilitate Osama bin Laden's escape from Afghanistan. He was repatriated in 2007. But American special forces kept taking him captive. According to Deen Muhammed the Peace Council had secured assurance that Americans would stop harassing Sabar. Nevertheless, Sabar was killed by US special forces, in his home, during a night raid, just two days after the Peace Council received assurances that harassment of him would stop.

In mid-April 2012, Burhanuddin Rabbani's son Salahuddin Rabbani was appointed chairman of the council.[6] He held the position until 2015.

Background

Originally formed in 2010, the council consisted of seventy-four members, who were expected negotiate with the Taliban.[7]

Dissolution and successor

The Council was dissolved in 2019 by Ashraf Ghani. Its members were appointed to the State Ministry of Peace Affairs, a new government body focused on peace process. HPC's first chairman was Burhanuddin Rabbani.[8]

Members

The membership of the peace council included some former members of the Taliban.[9]

# Name Role Alliance Reference(s)
1 Arsala Rahmani Daulat Member Khuddamul Furqan [10]
2 Habibullah Fawzi Member Taliban [11]
3 Sayeedur Rahman Haqani Member Taliban [12]
4 Ahmed Gailani Deputy chairperson National Islamic Front of Afghanistan [13]
5 Abdul Rasul Sayyaf Member Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan [14]
6 Ismael Qasemyar Member Government of Afghanistan [15]
7 Burhanuddin Rabbani Chairman Jamiat-e Islami [8]
8 Karim Khalili Member Hezb-e Wahdat Islami Afghanistan [8]

References
  1. David Ariosto (2011-07-16). "14 ex-Taliban members removed from U.N. sanctions". CNN. Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  2. "High Peace and Reconciliation Council". High Peace and Reconciliation Council. 2011-12-28. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  3. Abdul Qadir Siddique (2010-09-29). "Peace council members named". Pajhwok Afghan News. Archived from the original on 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  4. Javed Hamim Kakar (2017-06-06). "Khalili appointed chairman of HPC". Pajhwok Afghan News.
  5. Ray Riviera (2011-09-04). "Anger After a Raid Kills a Wealthy Afghan With a Murky Past". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2011-09-07. Retrieved 2011-09-04. His death has angered members of the Afghanistan High Peace Council, who are responsible for reconciliation efforts with militants. Council members say that just days earlier they had won a promise from coalition forces to stop bothering Mr. Lal after they had detained him last month. NATO officials insist they had not detained him.
  6. Murdered Afghan talks head Rabbani replaced by son BBC News, 14 April 2012
  7. "Afghan govt dissolves High Peace Council's secretariat". Business Standard News. 2019-07-27. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  8. "Ghani Dissolves High Peace Council's Secretariat". TOLOnews. 2019-07-27. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  9. Deb Riechmann (2010-10-12). "Afghan peace council members want gesture from US". The Boston Globe.
  10. Abdul Qadir Siddique (29 September 2010). "Peace council members named". Pajhwok Afghan News. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  11. David Ariosto (2011-07-16). "14 ex-Taliban members removed from U.N. sanctions". CNN. Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2011-09-06.
  12. David Ariosto (2011-07-16). "14 ex-Taliban members removed from U.N. sanctions". CNN. Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  13. "Head Of Afghan High Peace Council Dies In Kabul From Illness At Age 84". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty.
  14. "Afghan President Names Reconciliation Council Members To Push Talks With Taliban". RFE/RL.
  15. "'نشست سه‌جانبه مسکو روند گفت‌وگوهای صلح افغانستان را پیچیده‌تر ساخته است'" – via www.bbc.com.
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