KABUL - The Taleban said on Sunday they expect the next US president, Mr Joe Biden, to abide by the deal signed with his predecessor Donald Trump's administration that paved the way for withdrawing American forces from Afghanistan.
However, Mr Biden's victory in the US election has raised hopes among ordinary citizens that he might slow what some see as a too-hasty withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan."We signed the agreement with the American government not a person," Mohammad Naeem, a spokesman for the Taleban, told AFP.The US-Taleban deal agreed to withdraw all American forces from Afghanistan by May 2021.
Days after the release of prisoners, peace talks between the Taleban and Afghan government to end the war were launched in the Qatari capital Doha."The ongoing intra-Afghan talks is part of the agreement and shall continue unaffected," Naeem said. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Sunday that ties between Kabul and Washington are expected to deepen in areas of counter-terrorism and building peace as he congratulated Mr Biden on his election victory.
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