The Afghan peace process comprises the proposals and negotiations that seek to end the war in Afghanistan that began in 2001. Although there had been sporadic efforts since the war began, negotiations and the peace movement intensified in 2018 amid talks between the Taliban, which is the main insurgent group fighting against the then-Afghan government and American troops, and the United States, thousands of whose soldiers maintained a presence within the country to support the Afghan government. Besides the United States, major powers such as China, India, Pakistan, Russia, as well as NATO, play a part that they see as facilitating the peace process, while the Afghan peace group People's Peace Movement sees regional and global powers as a cause of continued war.