Afghan president invites Taliban for talks as consultative gathering for peace concludes

Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani delivers a speech on the last day of the consultative Loya Jirga in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, May 3, 2019. Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani once again called upon the Taliban group to give up fighting and join the peace process to end the war in Afghanistan as the consultative Loya Jirga or grand assembly of elders and chieftain concluded here on Friday. (Xinhua/Rahmat Alizadah)