Doha: US Special Representative Zalmai Khalilzad meets with Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani

Doha: US Special Envoy Zalmai Khalilzad met with Afghan Taliban Deputy Chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.

US Special Envoy Zalmai Khalilzad has arrived in Qatar for talks with the Taliban leadership on Afghan peace efforts.

According to Afghan News Agency, Afghan Taliban spokesman Sohail Shaheen said that US Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmai Khalilzad met with Afghan Taliban Deputy Chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Qatar on Wednesday to discuss prisoner release, intra-Afghan talks and US-Taliban peace deal discussed

According to Afghan media, the US State Department said in a statement on Wednesday that Zalmai Khalilzad had left for Doha, New Delhi and Islamabad on May 5.

The State Department said Zalmai Khalilzad would meet with Taliban representatives to press for the implementation of the US-Taliban agreement, while also meeting with Indian officials in New Delhi to discuss stability in Afghanistan and the region. We will talk about the importance of India's role for peace.

In addition, Zalmai Khalilzad will meet with Pakistani officials in Islamabad to discuss the Afghan peace process.

During his visit, Zalmai Khalilzad will urge support for an immediate reduction in violence in Afghanistan, the launch of intra-Afghan talks, and cooperation between the parties to end Corona in Afghanistan, the State Department said.

US Taliban agreement

It should be noted that the peace agreement between the US and the Afghan Taliban was reached in Doha on February 29, under which the Taliban would release 1,000 Taliban prisoners in exchange for the release of 5,000 Taliban prisoners, but the Afghan president refused to release 5,000 Taliban prisoners. The Taliban have since refused to hold inter-Afghan talks.

The Taliban did not even meet the six-member delegation sent from Kabul to Doha, saying it would only meet with those in charge of releasing prisoners.

Under the agreement, US and NATO forces will withdraw from Afghanistan within the next 14 months, in response to which the Taliban will have to guarantee that Afghan territory will not be used by terrorist organizations, including al-Qaeda.

The agreement will take effect immediately, with all US and NATO forces withdrawing from Afghanistan in 14 months. In the first 135 days, the United States will reduce the number of its troops in Afghanistan to 8,600, as well as the number of coalition forces. Will be reduced to

Prisoners will also be exchanged under the agreement. By March 10, 2020, 5,000 Taliban prisoners and 1,000 Afghan security forces personnel will be released, and talks between the Afghan government and the Afghan Taliban will begin shortly thereafter.

Under the agreement, the United States will lift sanctions on the Taliban and urge the United Nations to lift sanctions on Taliban leaders.

Under the agreement, the Afghan Taliban will ensure that Afghan territory is not used against the United States and its allies.