Turkey postpones Afghanistan peace summit over Taliban no-show

Taliban had earlier refused to attend any Afghan peace summit until all foreign forces were pulled out of Afghanistan.

Turkey says it is postponing a much-anticipated Afghan peace conference in Istanbul until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. “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. Cavusoglu added that there is “no need to hurry” after the recent decision by the US to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.