The agreement signed Feb 29 called for complete withdrawal of foreign forces. FMTNews Taliban
Washington’s patience with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s government is waning.
US President Donald Trump on Friday even acknowledged that the Taliban could seize power after foreign forces leave – a far cry from the reassuring messaging American officials pushed in the months leading up to the accord. Ghani said Saturday his government was willing to free the Taliban prisoners – but only if they do not return to violence.International Crisis Group analyst Andrew Watkins said the “ambiguous language and at some points outright contradictory language” between the US-Taliban deal and the US-Afghan joint statements has led to confusion.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last week said the senior Taliban leadership was “working diligently to reduce violence”, while also appearing to take a veiled swipe at the Ghani government for representing only “narrow interests”. “The message is that priority is the deal, and we are willing to pay the cost of this difference in legitimacy in order to try to convince you that we’re serious about it,” Smith told AFP.Since the deal signing, the Taliban have launched dozens of operations across Afghanistan.
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