DOHA – The Taliban and the US have “finalised” a peace agreement in talksin Qatar to end the war in Afghanistan, sources familiar with thenegotiations said on Monday.
However, an announcement will be made about the agreement after few dayswhen details are shared with the Afghan government, the sources in Qatarsaid.
There was no official confirmation and Taliban political spokesman SuhailShaheen did not reply to queries.
American peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, who led the US side in the talks,will travel to Kabul to brief Afghan leaders on the agreement. He is likelyto visit Brussels to seek consent of the NATO officials about theagreement, Daily Times has learnt.
The agreement will be announced in the presence of international guarantorsand a date will be announced later.
Sources said Qatari officials have told the Taliban representatives thatthey had invited several countries to attend the signing ceremony of theagreement as guarantors, but they have not yet received any confirmation.
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The Taliban spokesman earlier said they wanted the UN, OIC, Russia, Chinaand other neighbouring countries as guarantors of the agreement.
Officials in Pakistan, which could be a guarantor, say no one could becomeguarantor until details of the deal were known.
Qatar plans to arrange a large number of pigeons to set them free as signof peace on the occasion of the signing of the peace deal.
As the US and the Taliban are talking about the deal on all key issues,including troop withdrawal, US President Donald Trump said on Monday therewas no timeline for US forces’ withdrawal from Afghanistan.
