The State Ministry for Peace Affairs, officially known as State Ministry for Peace (SMP) was an Afghan government ministry responsible for peace process focused on to end ongoing wars in Afghanistan diplomatically. Founded in July 2019 by the government of Afghanistan, it advocated peace negotiations and future political stability in the country. SMP ministry was tasked with various drivers such as monitoring Afghanistan conflict and carrying negotiations with those individuals, groups and organisations involving Afghan war and Taliban insurgency in particular.
It also worked with United Nations, United States Agency for International Development, and World Bank for economic development in the country. It is engaged in community development programmes through various platforms such as Community Development Councils and citizen charter program to achieve pre-determined goals focused on economic, community and peace development.
Following the fall of Kabul and the reinstatement of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the Ministry was disbanded on 26 December 2021.
History Prior to SMP, the peace process was tasked to Afghan High Peace Council that worked for over ten years from 2010 until it was dissolved in 2019 following SMP's formation.
State Ministry for Peace was heavily engaged into the administration and coordination of the processes between the Doha negotiating team, President Ashraf Ghani's office and Dr. Abdullah Abdullah's office at the High Council for National Reconciliation. Taliban was constantly launching incidents to interrupt peace process, including, targeting to assassinate Khushnood Nabizada, Chief of Staff to SMP on 1 February 2021 in Kabul, while he was on his way from home to the office.
Consisting of 21 members of negotiating team within the ministry, including five women, it represented Afghan government diplomatically while opponents members represents Taliban under peace deal signed by the US and Taliban.
Following the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, the Ministry was disbanded by the new Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan on 26 December 2021.
Doha Peace Negotiating Members Twenty two individuals including political figures, human rights activists, women representatives, civil society members and tribal elders were introduced by both Afghan president Ashraf Ghani and the head of High Council for National Reconciliation Dr. Abdullah Abdullah to represent the government of Afghanistan during the Afghan intra talks with the Taliban in Doha, Qatar. State Ministry Peace's role was to handle the secretariat and management of the process with the Minister being in the team both as the secretary and also as a member.
#NameRoleAllianceReference(s)1 Sadat Mansoor Naderi State Minister for Peace and MemberNational Solidarity Party of Afghanistan2 Mohammed Masoom Stanekzai Chief Peace Negotiator Ashraf Ghani3 Fatima GailaniMemberNational Islamic Front of Afghanistan4 Ahmed GailaniDeputy chairpersonNational Islamic Front of Afghanistan5 Fawzia KoofiMemberDr. Abdullah Abdullah6 Nader NaderyMemberAshraf Ghani7 Matin BegMemberAshraf Ghani8 Habiba SarābiMemberDr. Abdullah Abdullah9 Ghairat BaheerMemberHezb-e Islami Gulbuddin10 Enayatullah BaleghMemberDr. Abdullah Abdullah11 Kalimullah NaqibiMemberDr. Abdullah Abdullah12 Mohammad NatiqiMemberPeople's Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan13 Ayoub AnsariMemberAshraf Ghani14 Sharifa ZurmatiMemberAshraf Ghani15 Khalid NoorMemberJamiat-e Islami16 Batoor DostumMemberNational Islamic Movement of Afghanistan17 Mohammad Amin AhmadiMemberDr. Abdullah Abdullah18 Mohammad Rasool TalibMemberHezbe Wahdat19 Zarar Ahmad OsmaniMemberDr. Abdullah Abdullah20 Ghulam Farooq MajrohMemberDr. Abdullah Abdullah21 Abdul Hafiz MansoorMemberJamiat-e Islami22 Ataullah LodinMemberDr. Abdullah Abdullah
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