Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a news conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, March, 1.Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a news conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, March, 1.
in the country, tasked with counter-terrorism efforts, training Afghan troops and providing air support for Afghan ground forces.in exchange for up to 1,000 Afghan security forces held prisoner by the Taliban. The swap is intended as a confidence building measure ahead of talks between the Taliban and Afghanistan's government, slated to begin around mid-March in Oslo, Norway. The talks are intended to achieve a lasting ceasefire and a political settlement that would establish a role for the Taliban in the country's future.
But on Sunday, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani told a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, that a prisoner release was not a promise the United States could make, according to"The request has been made by the United States for the release of prisoners and it can be part of the negotiations but it cannot be a precondition," said Ghani.
The Afghan president's statements are an early potential setback for the U.S. peace deal, which was signed by U.S. Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad and the head of the Taliban, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. They also underscore a point that many observers have long predicted: that the most challenging step in the peace process will be reaching an agreement between the Afghans themselves and the Taliban.
Failure again, trump.
How about the prisoners get to relocate to a nice extended stay hotel while you politicians fuss about the details.
JeffersonObama The failure to get his buy-in reminds me of the Kushner peace plan for Israel / Palestine.
There will never be a US-Taliban peace deal. Never. They are not going to keep a promise of peace!
So Trump did not clear all of this with the President of Afghanistan. Imagine that.
TessKap Wow thought process from a leader.
He is not wrong
This article doesn't say afghanistan doesn't agree. It says they were no consulted. WTF. Does Sharpie Tsar Adolf Donald Trumpf think everyone bends to his capricious taunts.
Seems like DJT left out some important points to his ‘peace plan’. The Afghans and the Taliban were not even together at the table and may never agree.
No problem .:. You can take that up with the Taliban after we leave. Good luck
Taliban5kTrump
Indeed
It wont be long you will see him hamging by tree orva lampost ,Once US has gone
Never happen. Peace agreement is nothing more than a pathetic attempt to save face in our capitulation and for Trump to fulfill a holliw campaign promise. Syria redux, leaving our ally high and dry!!!
So did Homeland predict the future? Can we get Trump on a heli anytime soon?
Does the Taliban have some of our men, the Afghani president has shaved his beard off. John McCain remained a prisoner of war because Richard Nixon would not sue for peace. In fact instead he set about committing genocide. Bring our men home. We cannot save the world AOC
He's right.
This is so cute! Ashraf Ghani actually believes he is in control of what happens in Afghanistan! Bless his heart. It's like listening to a 7-year-old talk about her easy bake oven.
This is playing out as if it followed the program 'Homeland'. I wonder who the 'Carrie' will be that pays him a visit. With the illegal stuff we already know about from the news, just think of what we don't know. This guy told a female U.S. reporter that her nose shd be cut off.
AgeOfTrump It was a time of whatever
ettd
What happens when the legal govt of Afghan is not a party to the Trump deal. This is not a peace treaty,but a green light to Taliban to continue terrorizing Afghan citizens. Another fail by the incompetent Trump cabal
They come up with this ex post facto.
We remember Mike Spann
Stop wagging your finger at me
This faux peace deal will break down within a month, or week.
Honestly he is probably doing trump a favor. Any deal he oversees is gonna come back to bite us. Only authoritarians like him once he is out of office he wont be able to bully using OUR world stance. hopefully real diplomacy next year
More 'haram' finger pointing by faux muslims.
good for him
That's because the prisoners they had from the usa are already dead. That would be the only reason why he would refuse.
didn't I just see this play out on Homeland...
surprising nobody, Trump's not great at negotiation
Carrie Mathison is needed to help with the peace negotiations
A DoG can bark his master but can't bite. It'd be suicidal. Let's wait and he'd give in to his master's pressure.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahagahahahhahahaha....That’s a surprise
Dear Media: All 'progress' claimed by Trump is Potemkin Progress
Trump finds out that, unlike the Republicans he surrounds himself with, not everyone is his puppet to be ordered around. This isn’t colonialism and only an idiot thinks making promises with terrorists without including the govt of Afghanistan can be called a peace deal.
Im sure it's in the works but someone has to write a book about all these awful deals trump is trying to make
Ignoring the Afghan gov in this deal may be disaster. Though Trump's minions think them puppets propped up willing to put up with whatever indignity to stay in US backed power, there will come a point when they bite our hands or change sides/VIPs flee country.
I’m getting so confused. Is the US just following the developments in Homeland?
Sounds like Trump bit off a bit more than he can chew. ONE MORE TIME.
Is it just me or does this feel eerily similar to the peace plan for the Middle East that one side was not part of creating? Incompetence at its finest?
Put someone else who will negotiate with the Taleban in good faith there.
Lol SecPompeo
For the betterment of the country, just accept the deal. No more bloodshed in 🇦🇫
Pompous Pompeo and Donnie the Deluded and their typical foreign policy moves.
Team Trump blows it again!
That’s what happens when you don’t include the leader of the country (Afghanistan) in the peace talks!! You should have learned with your Pakistan/Israel talks. You are a failure Mr. Trump.
The trump administration is everyone's bitch. 🙄
Check back in the year 2120 and these ppl will still be fighting. Gotta just pull the troops anyway
You just cant deal with these people, proud? No aid to them not one dime.
Lmfao. What a joke this administration is
Well let’s see the Taliban’s response then
End of deal. Stupid political BS
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