WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser warnsAfghan Taliban ahead of historic peace deal.
US President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser (NSA) Robert O’Brienhas said that the US would be unlikely to sign an agreement with the AfghanTaliban should the latter fail to comply with a reduction of violence deal,IANS has reported.
“If the Taliban does not live up to their agreement on the reduction ofviolence plan, then we’ll take a very careful look at it, and I think it’dbe unlikely that we’d sign a peace treaty,” O’Brien said during aninterview with CBS News on Sunday.
“We’re not going to reduce troops to a level below what is necessary toprotect American interests and our partners in Afghanistan,” he added.
Earlier in the day, Trump told reporters before kicking off his trip toIndia that the Taliban “are tired of fighting,” and both the United Statesand the Taliban seek to make a deal, Xinhua news agency reported.
The so-called seven-day reduction in violence, which started on Saturday,could be a test for the Taliban leadership to prove its control over itsfighters ahead of signing a peace deal with the United States to end thewar in Afghanistan.
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According to security officials, no major security incidents have beenreported from across the country.
Only a convoy of security forces came under attack in Shah Wali Kotdistrict of Kandahar province at 10:30 a.m. local time Sunday, provincialpolice spokesman Jamal Barikzai said.
However, no one has claimed responsibility for the attack that left nocasualties.
The US and the Afghan Taliban said on Friday that they are set to sign anagreement on February 29 after the implementation of a week-long violencereduction in Afghanistan.
