![]() TIME reports that the deal also doesn't guarantee that US counterterrorism forces will be able to stay in Afghanistan to fight al-Qaeda - the original mission of the US's invasion of Afghanistan - or that violence in Afghanistan will stop once a deal is reached. believes that should the Taliban cheat, they will pay a hefty price." According to the official, the Taliban "think they have fooled the U.S. ![]() There is no evidence of honesty and sincerity from the Taliban," an Afghan official with knowledge of the negotiation told TIME's Kimberly Dozier. While Afghan president Ashraf Ghani has publicly agreed to the negotiations and will send a delegation to Oslo to deal with the Taliban, the US envoy Khalilzad refuses to show him a draft of the agreement. If the deal is signed, 5,400 US troops would leave Afghanistan within 135 days.īut TIME reports that the deal doesn't guarantee the survival of the US-supported Afghan government, which the Taliban considers a puppet government and which the US expects the Taliban to negotiate with in Oslo after a deal is completed.Įven if an Afghan government should survive, its relationship to the US will be permanently damaged after the negotiation, TIME reports. According to TIME, US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper was supposed to discuss the deal with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday. ![]() Zalmay Khalilzad, the US's envoy in the Taliban talks, has worked with Taliban envoys over months in Qatar to take steps toward the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. ![]() Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]()
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