Efforts Underway to Finalize US-Taliban Deal

KABUL (MEP) – The armed Taliban have said all efforts have been made to finalize a deal with the United States.

Suhail Shaheen, spokesman for the Taliban’s political office in Qatar, said; at 10:30 this morning Tuesday, August 27 talks are ongoing with US negotiation team and efforts were made to reach a final agreement.

“Today at 10:30 pm Doha time, talks with US negotiation team continues and we are trying to finalize the last points of the agreement,” he wrote in a tweet.

So far, the US side has not provided information on the talks.

The armed Taliban had previously been quoted as saying that the group’s war with the US-backed government would not end after a peace deal with the United States.

But Zalmai Khalilzad denied the news and said that after the peace deal, the Afghan security forces would be backed by the US.

It was previously said that the Qatar peace talks would set the timetable for the withdrawal of US troops.