Afghan Taliban strongly warn US led NATO forces in Afghanistan
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The Afghan Taliban on Saturday cautioned the US-led NATO forces in the war-torn country not to extend their “occupation” beyond May as the insurgent group categorically denied it violated February 29, 2020 Doha accord.
In a detailed statement issued against the backdrop of reports that the US and NATO forces intend to prolong their stay in Afghanistan link spike in violence, the Taliban link a number of steps they took to implement the Doha agreement.
The statement came just days before the meeting of NATO defence ministers, where the US would present its plan for the future of Afghanistan link. NATO officials earlier indicated that it was unlikely the foreign forces would leave Afghanistan by May 1, deadline set in the Doha agreement for the withdrawal of all international forces.
Similarly, the Biden administration is also reviewing the Taliban-US deal and has given mixed signals. The new US administration insists that the US withdrawal is conditioned based and accused the Taliban of not living up to the agreement. The Afghan government also made similar allegations and blamed the Taliban link the rising violence in the war-torn country.
Responding to the allegations, the Taliban’s Doha office in a statement said the Doha agreement signed after 18 months of intricate and hard negotiations is the sole political roadmap out of the ongoing US-Afghan conflict that no one should treat lightly.
“The Islamic Emirate (Afghan Taliban) on its part is seriously committed to its implementation, has taken effective steps in this regard, and also wants the other side to stringently implement the accord,” the statement said.
The statement further said the American side attests that no foreign trooper had been killed over the past 12 months in Afghanistan link, showcasing firm commitment of the Islamic Emirate to the agreement. In a similar fashion and in line with the text of the deal, no entity has taken any steps against the United States of America and its allies from the soil of Afghanistan link is anyone allowed to do so, and as per the accord, intra-Afghan talks were launched and ceasefire made a topic of the agenda.
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