Washington ready to sign peace deal if Taliban abide by promise to reduce violence. FMTNews US Taliban AshrafGhani
President Ashraf Ghani welcomes progress made in the ongoing peace talks with the Taliban.
In return, the Taliban would provide various security guarantees and launch eventual talks with the Kabul government. “The Secretary informed me about the Taliban’s proposal with regards to bringing a significant and enduring reduction in violence.” Citing Afghan and US officials, the New York Times reported that US President Donald Trump had given conditional approval to a deal with the Taliban.
He said to all intents and purposes, this would be a ceasefire, but it could not be named that because of various “complications”.A de-facto ceasefire would enable the Americans to start withdrawing thousands of troops from Afghanistan, where between 12-13,000 are currently based. Despite talks between the US and the Taliban, Afghanistan’s war has raged on, with the number of clashes jumping to record levels in the last quarter of 2019, according to a recent US government watchdog report.
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