US, Taliban sign deal to pull foreign forces from Afghanistan
Members of Afghanistan's Taliban delegation congratulate each other after the signing of a US-Taliban peace agreement in Doha, Qatar, yesterday.
AFTER nearly two decades of conflict that has ravaged Afghanistan’s impoverished population, the United States and the Taliban signed an accord yesterday that Washington hopes will mark the beginning of the end of its longest war. The pact signed in Doha would see the United States and foreign partner forces pull all their troops from Afghanistan within 14 months, provided the Taliban stick to pledges to open a dialogue with the Western-backed Kabul government and push back against jihadist groups including al-Qaeda.
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