KABUL – Breakthrough development reported in Afghan Taliban peace deal withUnited States.
The date for the signing of a peace agreement between the US and theTaliban will be announced within the next few days and then both sides willstart discussions about intra-Afghan talks, said the source.
During the forthcoming round of talks between the US and the Taliban, bothsides will establish a timeline for signing the peace agreement andstarting the intra-Afghan talks, according to the source.
“The ceasefire has two components: The first component is to announce aceasefire before signing an agreement with the US. The second part is abouta nationwide agreement both with Afghans and the foreigners. I think theTaliban have not agreed on the first component,” said Sayed Akbar Agha, aformer Taliban commander.
The International Crisis Group in a report released on Friday listedAfghanistan among ten conflict-ridden countries whose fate will beinfluenced by the behavior of world powers, for whom “conflict preventionor resolution carries scant inherent value.”
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In the case of the US, the ICG report said: “Washington is both eager toretain the benefits of its leadership and unwilling to shoulder the burdensof carrying it. As a consequence, it is guilty of the cardinal sin of anygreat power: allowing the gap between ends and means to grow. These days,neither friend nor foe knows quite where America stands.”
The report said that the current US-Taliban agreement is only the beginningof a “long road,” but “almost certainly” is the “only hope” of calming thewar.
