*KABUL: *

The Afghan government link welcoming the newUS Biden administration moving to review the February 2020 deal withTaliban insurgents.

Presidential spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said in a statement Saturday that theUS-Taliban agreement has so far failed to deliver the desired goal ofending Taliban violence and bringing a ceasefire. “The Taliban did not liveup to its commitments,” he said.

His statement followed a telephone conversation between Jake Sullivan, thenew US national security adviser, and his Afghan counterpart HamdullahMohib.

The Biden administration on Friday said it is looking to review the dealbetween Washington and the Taliban.

In the conversation with Sullivan, Mohib said that they agreed to worktoward a permanent ceasefire and a just and durable peace in Afghanistan“capable of preserving the gains of the past two decades, protecting therights of all Afghans, and continuing the reforms.”

He said in a series of tweets on Saturday that Sullivan affirmed that thepartnership with the government of Afghanistan and Afghanlink security and defense forces remains apriority and a key to US national security objectives. “We will continueclose consultations in the days and weeks ahead,” he added.

Last week, following the targeted assassination of two female judges in thecapital Kabul, the US Embassy warned the Taliban to cease attacks oncivilians for peace to come to Afghanistan link.

“The Taliban should understand that such actions for which it bearsresponsibility outrage the world and must cease if peace is to come toAfghanistan,” tweeted Ross Wilson, the US chargé d’affaires.

The review comes amid the stalled intra-Afghan talks in the Qatari capital,Doha, which aimed at ending the nearly two-decade conflict in Afghanistanlink. – APP/AFP