Citing sources close to the Taliban, Afghanistan’s Tolo News reported that the Biden regime has asked the Taliban to agree to a continued US presence in Afghanistan for three or six months past May 1st.
The May 1st withdrawal deadline was set by the US-Taliban peace deal that was signed in Doha last year. While the Biden regime has yet to make an official announcement, it’s clear they are looking to stay.
Tolo News said the Taliban has not yet made a decision on the request and is asking that first their 7,000 prisoners should be released and that the group’s officials are removed from a UN blacklist.
The report quoted Faiz Mohammad Zaland, a university lecturer in Kabul, who said the Taliban is not likely to agree to the request. “The Americans have asked for the extension of their troops for another three or six months, but the Taliban insist on the implementation of the Doha agreement,” he said.
The report lines up with what Biden officials have been saying about the deadline. Last week, Biden said it would be “hard” to pull out by May 1st.
https://news.antiwar.com/2021/03/30/report-us-asks-taliban-to-extend-may-1-withdrawal-deadline/
The May 1st withdrawal deadline was set by the US-Taliban peace deal that was signed in Doha last year. While the Biden regime has yet to make an official announcement, it’s clear they are looking to stay.
Tolo News said the Taliban has not yet made a decision on the request and is asking that first their 7,000 prisoners should be released and that the group’s officials are removed from a UN blacklist.
The report quoted Faiz Mohammad Zaland, a university lecturer in Kabul, who said the Taliban is not likely to agree to the request. “The Americans have asked for the extension of their troops for another three or six months, but the Taliban insist on the implementation of the Doha agreement,” he said.
The report lines up with what Biden officials have been saying about the deadline. Last week, Biden said it would be “hard” to pull out by May 1st.
https://news.antiwar.com/2021/03/30/report-us-asks-taliban-to-extend-may-1-withdrawal-deadline/