ISLAMABAD – A spokesperson for President Ashraf Ghani acknowledged that thereported agreements which sources say have been reached between US andTaliban officials in the past six days in Doha, Qatar, have not been sharedwith the Afghan government.
“Mr. (Zalmay Khalilzad) will share it with the Afghan government whenagreements are finalized in Doha. We hope it will bring us closer (to peacetalks) and we hope that we will witness peace talks,” said FraidoonKhozoon, Ghani’s deputy spokesman.
Sources familiar with the Doha talks said that on the fifth day of theUS-Taliban discussions in Qatar on Friday, US officials agreed to a troopwithdrawal from Afghanistan.
The sources also said that Taliban has agreed to not let al Qaida and Daeshoperate in Afghanistan.
The sources added that US officials have asked for a ceasefire, but Talibanhas demanded a timeline be drawn up for the withdrawal of US forces fromAfghanistan before agreeing to this.
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Taliban said they first want to be assured by the US that there will be nothreat to regional countries especially Pakistan and then a ceasefire willtake place, the sources said
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