KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani, who is seeking his reelection, on Sunday, the first day of electioneering, said those who were not committed to peace would be not allowed to sabotage the peace process.
A two-month election campaign in the lead-up to the Sept. 28 presidential election kicked off today (Sunday).

Addressing his first election campaign event at the Loya Jirga tent in Kabul, Ghani said he was responsible to end the ongoing war in the country.
He said that the people who were not committed to peace would be not let destroy the peace process.
Ghani said major steps were taken to advance the peace process over the last five years. “No government in the last four decades was able to make a peace agreement with Hezb-i-IslamiAfghanistan party, but the national unity government proved that in action,” he said.
About peace talks with Taliban militants, he said: “The peace negotiations should be serious, fundamental and lawful. My message to the Taliban is that we do not see you with contempt, all Afghans respect you, but if you see us with contempt you would regret. “
He said the national unity government was created so the Afghans knew the goal was not power but service to the nation.
Ghani said they were going to the presidential election on schedule while some political opponents were thinking there was no will for the ballot.

“The culture of bullying and oppressive strongmen has weakened over the last five years”, he said, asking his supporters to give him another chance to implement justice in the country.
“In the next two years, I will provide electricity to all districts of the country and will extend the facility to villages across the Durand Line in three or four years,” he said.
Ghani said Afghan forces would be equipped from domestic resources over the next five years unlike the past five years when Afghan forces’ equipment depended on foreign sources if he was reelected as president.
He said improving livelihood of Afghans would be his team’s priority and fighting against narcotics would be part of his governance plan if he became the president.
Amrullah Saleh, Ghani’s first vice-presidential running mate in the Sept. 28 election, also spoke on the occasion, but a woman in the gathering tried to criticize Saleh as he began his speech. The woman faced harsh reaction from Ghani’s supporters.
A cameraman of a media outlet who was recording the scene, was also physically attacked by bodyguards of Ghani, a move that angered other journalists who boycotted the event and left.