KABUL – In a big victory for Afghan Taliban, US agrees on full withdrawalof US Troops from Afghanistan.
The ninth round of the negotiations between the US and the Taliban onSaturday completed its third day with progress on a full withdrawal offoreign troops within 15 to 20 months as well as counterterrorismassurances from the Taliban side, sources familiar with the talks said,TOLONEWS has reported.
The sources said the two sides will sign the peace deal within the next fewdays which will be followed by intra-Afghan negotiations.
As part of a peace deal, the number of US forces will reduce to 5,000 fromthe current 14,000, sources said. The troops will be withdrawn from fiveAmerican bases, which according to President Ghani, they are “small bases”and the reduction will not impact the situation of Afghanistan.
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This comes as a former member of the Taliban says the agreement between theUS and the Taliban will be finalized within the next few days as the ninthround of the negotiations began in Doha on Thursday.
Abdul Salam Zaeef, who served as Taliban’s ambassador for Pakistan when thegroup ruled the country in the late 1990s, told TOLOnews on Friday that thedeputy leader of the group, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar will sign the peaceagreement with the United States.
