The Taliban warned the Biden administration to honor a Trump-era settlement and pull US and NATO troops out of Afghanistan by Might 1, warning a “retaliation” if the deal is violated.
“They need to go,” Suhail Shaheen, a member of the Taliban negotiation group, instructed reporters in Moscow on Friday. Troop presence past Might 1, Shaheen warned, will qualify as a “violation of the settlement” struck with the Trump administration and can warrant a “response.”
“We hope that this is not going to occur, that they withdraw and we give attention to the settlement, peaceable settlement of the Afghan concern, in an effort to deliver a few everlasting and complete ceasefire on the finish of reaching a political roadmap (for) Afghanistan,” he mentioned.
A broad troop withdrawal from Afghanistan has come into query since Joe Biden has taken workplace, saying this week assembly the deadline set by Trump could be “powerful” and criticizing the deal put collectively final yr.
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“The very fact is that that was not a really solidly negotiated deal that the president, the previous president labored out,” Biden mentioned on Wednesday. “And so we’re in session with our allies, in addition to the federal government.”
The deal struck with the Trump administration was contingent upon the Taliban coming into peace negotiations with the Afghanistan authorities and stopping terrorist assaults being deliberate within the area in opposition to the US and its allies.
Shaheen, the Taliban negotiator, made clear on Friday his facet desires an Islamic authorities, although he didn’t specify whether or not this could imply denying rights to sure teams, like ladies. He confused, nonetheless, that the present authorities doesn’t match with their agenda.
There are at the moment 2,500 troops in Afghanistan, a quantity Trump whittled down throughout his ultimate weeks in workplace.
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