Elaborating on complaints about US violations of the Afghan peace deal, the Taliban’s Doha office has issued a statement providing a list of 50 attacks carried out against them in violation of the deal’s terms. This included 33 US drone strikes.
The US-Taliban deal explicitly forbids attacks on Taliban fighters in their homes and in residential districts. The Taliban has complained that this has been happening virtually since the deal was signed. US drone strikes have been a common way you do this.
Last week, the Pentagon issued a statement insisting everything they did was legal under the peace deal, though they deliberately refused to discuss any of the specific attacks in residential areas. The Taliban list is likely meant to ensure that the US cannot pretend this didn’t happen.
Either way, it is unlikely that the US will stop attacking them, as officials have chided the Taliban for its own actions against Afghan security forces, even though no intra-Afghan deal was ever reached.
What did they expect? Making a deal with the US is like signing your name on swift flowing water and expecting it to remain visible.
The Taliban counted only 50 cheat attacks?
The U.S. was holding back, or missed at least 50 times…
sounds like the drone attacks are working or they wouldn’t be whining about it. we need to double up on them and bring the taliban to it’s knees.