ISLAMABAD – Afghan Taliban give key assurances and guarantees over historicpeace deal with United States.
The Afghan Taliban would guarantee that the country’s soil would not beused against any country after the insurgent group signs a peace deal withthe United States, hopefully bringing an end to the now almosttwo-decade-long war.
Speaking to the BBC Urdu link,Spokesperson Sohail Shaheen of the political office in Qatar added that USwithdrawal from Afghanistan would also build confidence in the peace deal.
Since February 22, a partial truce is in effect between the two sides inAfghanistan. The Taliban spokesperson added that the purpose of this trucewas to provide an environment conducive enough to sign a peace accord.
“Following the signing of the agreement, the two sides will take varioussteps to build trust,” Shaheen said.
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Earlier, US President Donald Trump said he would sign a peace deal with theTaliban if one were eventually reached in Afghanistan, but insisted thathis decision is contingent on the progress during the week of reducedviolence, which began last week on Saturday.
“Yes,” he told reporters at the White House as he prepared to depart on atrip to India. “I would put my name on it,” he added. Trump was notspecific about what document he would be willing to sign but said decisionswere contingent on progress during the initial truce.
