We, a number of youths of Logar province, participated in the Youths and New Generation Peace Jirga which was held on Thursday, August 27, 2020 in Logar province. We discussed regarding the demands of the Logar Province youths in the peace process from the Afghan Government, Islamic Movement of Taliban, International Community, circumstance of ending the war in the country, damages caused by the war in the province and circumstance of setting up a youth monitoring group on the peace process in the province, and we issued the following decisions:

1.    We, the residents of Logar province, have suffered more from the current war in the country compared to other citizens of the country. We have been facing economic, agricultural and educational problems for many years. For this reason, through this Jirga, we want the Afghan Government, Islamic Movement of Taliban and all other factions involved in the war in Afghanistan to establish cease-fire as soon as possible.

2.    We, participants of the Logar Youths and New Generation Peace Jirga call on the Afghan Government and Islamic Movement of Taliban to be flexible in their positions and to remove all barriers for the starting of intra-Afghan talks.

3.    We, the members of the Youths and New Generation Peace Jirga, call on the Afghan Government and Islamic Movement of Taliban to start intra-Afghan talks as soon as possible and we call on the International Community, the US, the Countries of Islamic Conference and Afghanistan's neighbors to increase pressure on the Taliban and the Afghanistan Government to start intra-Afghan talks.

4.    We, the people of Logar province, call on the Afghan Government and Taliban to pay serious attention to the presence of young people in the peace process and give them the right to oversee the process.

5.    We, the members of the Jirga, support the fundamental rights of Afghans, especially women and call for a meaningful presence of women and youths in the peace process of Afghanistan.

6.    We, the participants of the Youths and New Generation Peace Jirga, are working to bring local monitoring groups to the village level to monitor the peace process.

7.    We, the Jirga participants, urge the Afghan Government to implement the decisions of Peace Consultative Loya Jirga as soon as possible and release 400 Talilban prisoners.

8.    We call on the GIRoA to clarify the peace process in the country for all Afghans and to ensure that there is no ambiguity in the process.

9.    We, the participants of the Jirga, appreciate the efforts of all individuals, countries and neighbors of Afghanistan which are doing their best for the peace process, regardless of their interests, but it is to be mentioned that no one, country and neighbor of Afghanistan will be allowed to misuse this process for their interests.

Best Regards

Logar - Youths and New Generation Peace Jirga

August 27, 2020

Logar- Afghanistan