*KABUL – The United States and the Taliban joint commission to beginworking on a mechanism for withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistanthis week, sources close to the Taliban said Saturday.*
The Taliban sources told Ariana News that the U.S. and Taliban jointcommission would to finalize a mechanism for foreign troops’ pullout fromAfghanistan and a guarantee that Afghanistan would not be used for hostileacts against the United States and its allies, before February 25.
“The joint commission will discuss on the technical aspects of these twokey issues and some other relevant issues,” a source close to the Talibansaid.
According to the source, the outcomes of the discussion will be revealedbefore the U.S. and the Taliban officials fresh round of talks later thismonth.
A second source, meanwhile, said that the commission will work on theimplementation of the agreements being reached in last week’s Qatar talks.
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This comes a day after the U.S. President Donald Trump said that hiscountry spends $50 billion a year in Afghanistan and that if a peace dealreached with the Taliban he would pullout the American troops from thewar-torn country.
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