Editing Mohammad Qasim Fahim (section)

==Peace negotiations of 2010==
On the celebrations of ''[[Nowruz]]'', New Year's Day, of 1389 (21 March 2010) in [[Mazar-i-Sharif]] in Northern Afghanistan, Fahim reached out to militants. He declared that, with their input, a coming national conference would lay the foundations for a peace that would end the [[Taliban insurgency]]. He called on resistance forces to participate in a [[jirga]], or assembly, planned for late April or early May. He pledged that the Afghan government "will try to find a peaceful life for those Afghans who are unhappy," a [[euphemism]] for militants, though he didn't mention the Taliban by name.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/88232 |title=Afghanistan opens door to militants / World / Britain/World / Home |publisher=Morning Star |access-date=22 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504162927/http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/88232 |archive-date=4 May 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Afghans had travelled from across the country to Mazar-i-Sharif united behind the wish that the advent of a new year would bring them peace. According to the police, up to half a million people are in the city to mark the spring equinox and the first day of the traditional Afghan new year and celebrated across Central Asia and Iran. Mazar is at the heart of one of the most peaceful regions of the country. City police chief Abdul Rauf Taj said that 4,000 security personnel had been deployed against insurgent attacks and that all visitors were being screened at seven check points around the city perimeter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ptinews.com/news/575108_Afghans-celebrate-new-year-with-hopes-for-peace|title=Site Under Construction|accessdate=3 August 2022}}</ref>

The [[Afghan Peace Jirga 2010|Peace Jirga]] took place in Kabul on 2–4 June 2010.