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US officials and Taliban representatives have signed a final peace deal after months of negotiations in Qatar’s capital to end the United States’s longest war.<\/p>\n
Today’s agreement, signed in Doha in the presence of leaders from the US, Pakistan, Qatar, Turkey, India, Indonesia, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, will pave the way for the US to gradually withdraw its troops.<\/p>\n
This is not a brokered deal between the Taliban and Afghanistan’s government, the Achilles’ heel that could halt the withdrawal. The government holds some 5000 of the Taliban prisoner, and the Taliban wants them released. <\/p>\n
From the article:<\/p>\n
The U.S. and the Taliban signed a historic peace deal on Saturday, aiming to end the 18-year long war in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n
The agreement stipulates a U.S. force drawdown to 8,600 from 13,000 within four months, with the remainder to withdraw completely in 14 months, the Associated Press reported. A complete withdrawal is dependent on the Taliban\u2019s ability to fulfill their side of the commitment to prevent terrorism.<\/p>\n
The agreement was signed by U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Qatar with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in attendance.<\/p>\n
Pompeo said the U.S. is \u201cseizing the best opportunity for peace in a generation.\u201d<\/p>\n
He called the agreement<\/a> a \u201ctrue test of this effort.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will closely watch the Taliban\u2019s compliance with their commitments and calibrate the pace of our withdrawal to their actions. This is how we will ensure that Afghanistan never again serves as a base for international terrorists,\u201d Pompeo said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Hope the Taliban are more savvy than the Palestinians, who never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity. Read the entire article here: American Military News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"