ISLAMABAD – Afghan Taliban may possibly seize power in Afghanistan, hintsUS President Donald Trump.
The U.S. President Donald Trump has said the Taliban group could possiblyseize power by overrunning the Afghan government after withdrawal of theU.S. forces.
Trump made the remarks during an interaction with the reports on Friday,days after Washington and Taliban group signed a peace deal in Qatar.
Responding to a question regarding eventual seizure of power from theAfghan government, Trump said it is “not supposed to happen that way but itpossibly will”.
He also added “We can’t be there for the next 20 years. We’ve been therefor 20 years and we’ve been protecting the country but we can’t be therefor the next – eventually, they’re going to have to protect themselves.”
This comes as the U.S. and Taliban group recently signed a peace deal afterobserving a 7-day reduction in violence. The two sides signed the agreementafter almost 18 months of negotiations in Qatari capital of Doha.
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President Trump spoke with the deputy political chief of the Taliban groupfor 35 minutes, days after the signing of peace deal between Washington andTaliban.
Meanwhile, the Taliban group has announced it is committed to the launch ofintra-Afghan talks if peace deal provisions are implemented.
The release of 5,000 Taliban prisoners was reportedly included in theagreement as one of the key prerequisites for the launch of intra-Afghantalks.
