KABUL – US Top Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad reveals details of peace agreementwith Afghan Taliban.

The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, ZalmayKhalilzad, who is in Kabul after wrapping up Doha talks, says the UnitedStates and the Taliban have reached an agreement in principle, but it isnot final until US President Trump agrees on it.

The two sides have held nine rounds of talks in the past ten months.

Talking to TOLOnews, Mr. Khalilzad said that based on the draft agreement,the US will withdraw 5,000 troops from five bases in Afghanistan within 135days if conditions in the agreement are addressed by the Taliban.

“Yes, we have reached an agreement in principle,” Mr. Khalilzad toldTOLOnews’ Lotfullah Najafizada just hours after he briefed Afghan leaderson his on the US-Taliban deal. “Of course, it is not final until the USpresident [Donald Trump] agrees on it. So, at the moment, we are at thatstage.”

The US envoy said that as part of the agreement, at the first stage, theprovinces of Kabul and Parwan – where the Bagram Airfield is located – willsee a reduction in violence.

Mr. Khalilzad said the return of an Islamic emirate, the term used for theTaliban’s governance system, by force is not acceptable.