The Afghan government has confirmed that the government of Qatar has cancelled the intra-Afghan talks after failing to respond to legitimate demands of the people of Afghanistan.

According to a statement released by ARG Presidential Palace, a new list of participants was sent by Qatar on Wednesday in which a balance was not considered for the participation of the delegates.

Calling the move as an act of ‘disrespect’ to the national will of people, the statement by ARG Palace further added that some political elders met with President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Thursday in which they expressed their opposition to the election of the Afghan delegation by the government of Qatar and emphasized that the government of Qatar should be informed that the appointed delegation will attend the intra-Afghan talks.

According to ARG Palace, the government of Qatar cancelled the intra-Afghan talks after failing to respond to legitimate demands of the Afghans.

This comes as the Afghan government on Tuesday released the list of participants for the intra-Afghan talks in Qatar containing the names of 250 delegates which was rejected the Taliban group.