Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen reported on Monday that the US and Taliban have finalized the language of the Afghanistan peace deal. The US has not confirmed this yet, but had indicated in recent days that such a deal was imminent.
Afghan CEO Abdullah Abdullah confirmed the deal is finalized, saying that his understanding is that the signature depends on the success of the reduction of violence. If all goes well, the deal should be signed by all sides by the end of February.
The exact language of the deal has never been public, though indications are that it was effectively finalized in October of last year and has not substantially changed. The deal sees the US commit to a withdrawal from Afghanistan, negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban, and a commitment by the Taliban to fight al-Qaeda and ISIS to keep them out of the country.
The deal should end a 19-year US occupation of Afghanistan, and bring American troops home. It is expected that NATO forces will be withdrawing with the US, and the Afghan factions will reach a power-sharing deal.
This deal explains why the crash of that sophisticated spy jet that crash a few weeks ago was under reported. Only two Americans were reported killed in that crash. The actual toll was at least 15 or 16 dead U.S. servicemen and CIA agents. Trump really wants a peace deal ahead of the elections.
Trump doesn’t want a peace deal so much as Trump doesn’t want a public black eye.
If Trump cared about peace, he would not have ordered the murder of Soleimani.
If Trump wanted peace, he would not twice have vetoed Congressional resolutions that would have let him withdraw from Yemen and save face while doing so.
If Trump actually wanted peace, as Commander in Chief he could have withdrawn all the troops with nothing more than a stroke of the pen.
Basically, we got another Obama, who also make dovish noises as a candidate, then proceeded to govern for eight years as something very different.
I expect this to drag out a bit longer before anything is finalized. The calculation between the time the agreement takes place to when the puppet government is overrun by the Taliban must be accurate so it doesn’t happen before the election. Or maybe that is part of the agreement.
Good luck getting the Taliban to keep their word. Maybe part of the deal is an aid package for after the election.
Oh, never mind. Good luck getting the Trump maladministration to keep its word.
Trump genuinely wants an end to the wars, and has had to fight both parties and the media owners on this. Not easy, so if he can get even a little done in Afghanistan, it’s huge. “Good luck getting X to keep his word” How about good luck getting Obama to keep his word? He promised peace. He lied. He tripled the Afghan-Pakistan drone bombings and multiplied bombings in Yemen. He claimed he’d withdraw from Iraq in six months, “and you can take that to the bank”. Another lie. It took many years and many more deaths, and wasn’t a full withdrawal. Good luck getting Hillary to keep her word – HALF of people who got to meet her as State Secretary first had to pay bribes to her “foundation,” for which she set up an illegal private server so she could handle the shade deals. Good luck getting the Democrats to keep their word about being in favor of legal wars. They cheered Trump only when he bombed Damascus to appease the neocons.
Good comment. You explained why Trump isn’t a warmonger because Obama and Clinton were liars. You do know that Trump increased the bombing in Afghanistan, right? And dropped the MOAB? And mused about killing 10 million Afghans in a week? Lifted the rules of engagement to make killing easier? Ended the last peace talks because an American was killed while Pompeo was bragging about how many Taliban we were killing at the same time? Yemen? Didn’t Trump veto a bill that would have ended our involvement? And drones?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2019/5/8/18619206/under-donald-trump-drone-strikes-far-exceed-obama-s-numbers
Lord, the gullibility of Trump cultists…..
If Trump wanted to end the wars, he could have done so on the day he took office, with a stroke of the pen. He has had three years, and has failed to do so.
BTW, pointing out Trump’s failures and hypocrisy does not equal support for Obama.
Spare me the whataboutism.
Barry is a war criminal and should be handed over to the Hague. Hildebeast is also a war criminal and should be handed over to the Hague.
Donny has sent at least 15,000 MORE troops to the region over the last year. He is a sponsor of Saudi terrorism by selling them precision guided munitions that they use on school busses in open air markets. While making this deal, the Saudis stayed in his DC hotel, so he personally financially benefitted from it. A clear case of emoluments clause violations. That is what he should have been impeached for. A case that would bring ACTUAL shame to the still inevitable Republican acquittal. But Nancy is a weakling, and voted for all of Donny’s military budgets. All members of Congress that do so are also war criminals and should be handed over to the Hague.
Thus, while before Donny was just a white color criminal, he is now is also a war criminal and should be handed over to the Hague. If you think he really wants to stop the wars, you’re fucking delusional.
“The deal should end a 19-year US occupation of Afghanistan, and bring
American troops home. It is expected that NATO forces will be
withdrawing with the US, and the Afghan factions will reach a
power-sharing deal.”
Yeah OK, I’ll believe it, not as the withdrawal is happening, but when the last man leaves Afghan soil. I mean, we gotta protect the world’s heroin production right (What was the estimate? 80%?)?
heroin production… yes of course… but also don’t forget about stopping chinese bri integration with pakistan, iran and the middle east… don’t forget about stopping energy supply lines between russia and india… don’t forget about the trillions of mineral wealth and rare earths in afghanistan needed by the empire… don’t forget about the central asian gas pipelines still yearned for… sorry but I don’t see the evil empire leaving afghanistan until the dollar finally dies its horrible death…
You might have mentioned too many reasons why we can not get out of Afghanistan .. Maybe forever wars are here forever .
The reason for invading Afghanistan was that the neocons had wanted to invade Iraq for two decades, as Saddam Hussein was pro-Palestinian. He gave money to the families of suicide bombers (families who didn’t know what their sons were up to), as Israel destroyed their homes, bulldozered them to take away everything the families owned, and also destroying the homes of all other families living in the same building. Hussein helped them, so he had to die. But the neocons had to pretend that the war effort was about al-Qaeda, and unfortunately al-Qaeda was in Afghanistan, not in Iraq. So they had to invade that country first. This was revealed by a White House aide at the time. They couldn’t care less about Afghanistan. And invading the countries to the east and west of Iran also helped for their final goal, the destruction of pro-Palestinian Iran, which without the crippling sanctions and the US-financed Iraqi invasion of Iran’s western cities would be the Germany of the Middle East, leading the nations in production and politics.
This will remain in announcement stage for a while. Then reduction in violence — followed up by another unfortunate incident. Withdrawing, almost withdrawing, until elections. I do not believe that drugs will be abandoned. And do not believe Afghanistan will be allowed to make their own decisions.
Just look at Syria. Why are now vehicles pooringbfrom Iraq into that small place where oil wells are. And instead of staying put at the oil, somebody thought it would be good idea to go wondering around, running into unhappy civilians who thought they would never see them back — and shooting started in which a civilian was killed.
Just cannot stop asking for trouble. There was a Russian unit there that made locals pull back, and Americans back where they came from.
Just never ends — and when one day somebody shoots an American, it would be welcomed as “resurgent” ISIS — back into happy adventurism!
Nothing is changing. The inly real change happened when. Trump cut the deal with Turkey, resulting in border security as well as the return if major cities back to Syrian control,
But now that the bureaucracy recovered from the shock — sneaking back is the norm.
Afghan CEO…lol
Is he like the CEO of the Afghan subsidiary of Endless War Inc.? Have the shareholders approved this deal? Hmm…
The US agreeing to pull out is like a crackhead promising you they won’t spend that 20 you just gave them on another rock.
Is not the Muslim doctrine of Islam a endless struggle for God . It is called Jihad it goes on forever until Islam rules the world . So if you don’t want forever war you eventually must become a Muslim .
False. Muslims were secular for centuries, until the Zionists invaded Palestine, aided by the UK and US. Arabs loved the US for being anti-imperial, when Western empires controlled the Middle East, and they were astonished. Even so, and even after TWELVE YEARS of starvation sanctions and weekly bombings of Iraq, 60% of Gulf Arabs had a positive view of the US. Then came the Iraq invasion and the obliteration of the Iraq’s economy. Usama bin Laden only took up arms after half a million Iraqi children had died from the starvation sanctions – but keep talking about “jihad!!!1!one!!!” like a typical neocon lover. Washington has killed far more people than the Islamists. And Washington has aided the Islamists when it was useful for destroying Syria at Israel’s requests – suddenly al-Qaeda wasn’t an enemy anymore. al-Qaeda in Syria is of course simply Iraqi immigrants who hate Shia Muslims, so Washington loves them and aids their terror. They force little Syrian girls to wear burkas – just great, according to Washington.
It doesn’t go on forever “until Islam rules the world.” It goes on forever until the world’s end. As you point out, it’s a struggle for God, not for world domination.
https://www.alislam.org/question/what-does-jihad-mean/
Also on that site:
https://www.alislam.org/question/prophet-muhammad-teach-muslims-terrorism-jihad-spread-islam/
https://www.alislam.org/question/jihad-extermination-of-non-muslims/
https://www.alislam.org/question/muslims-terrorism-jihad-spread-islam/
I’m game. Lets all become Muslims to end the wars. I can be a phony Muslim similar to this country’s phony Christians if that will do the trick.
When the Islamic Expeditionary Force lands on our shores, you might have a point. Right now, you’re just obfuscating the actual threat to Americans, the military industrial complex.
So what should the fate of traitor Ghani be once the US vacates Afghanistan–which is doubtful?
Power sharing deal ?? Sounds like we plan to be there for possibly ever.
Words.
Talking is easy; doing is hard.
Action is “true.”
dennis hanna
If this is legit, woohoo!