The latest round of talks between the US and the Taliban have ended with what is being called a “roadmap to peace” for Afghanistan. The agreement is non-binding, but points toward a formal agreement being not far down the road.
The talks effectively have an agreement on the US withdrawal and the
Taliban fighting against ISIS and al-Qaeda, and commits both sides to a
deal to end civilian casualties and negotiate with the Afghan government
on power-sharing.
Zalmay Khalilzad, the head US negotiator, is expressing hopes
that the deal will ultimately be finalized by September 1. This would
be the day for signing the deal, though when everything would be
implemented is still unclear.
A final deal is expected to both put a timeline to everything, and
provide some mechanism of international guarantors for the peace deal,
ending 18 years of US-led occupation of Afghanistan.
Great achievements by Taliban after remaining steadfast in their commitment to Preserve Islamic Law in Afghanistan, A Free Afghanistan from All Foreign Influences and Kicking Out All Foreign Forces from their country; Afghanistan, A Peaceful Afghanistan in the region & also for world peace.
Wouldn’t it be more appropriate for the agreement to be signed on 9/11? That would remind the world that our invasion of Afghanistan was a horrible fool’s errand that after 18 years has led us right back to where we were with the Taliban in the first place, all of it based on lies and phony baloney.