US agrees over troops’ pullout from Afghanistan: report

DOHA: The United States and Taliban officials have agreed over the US troops pullout from Afghanistan in their extended round of talks in Qatar, an American media report said on Saturday.

The US-Taliban talks in Doha, Qatar entered in its sixth day today.

The US agreement over forces pullout from the war-torn Afghanistan will likely to be announced today, the report said.

The representatives of Pakistan and hosts Qatar also attended the dialogue, according to the media report.

Earlier, an Afghanistan news agency citing sources familiar with Doha talks said that in the US-Taliban talks on Friday, US officials have accepted that their troops will withdraw from Afghanistan.

The Taliban have assured the US negotiators they will not let Al Qaida and Daesh to operate in Afghanistan, according to sources.

The US officials asked for a ceasefire but Taliban has demanded a timeline for the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, sources said.

According to sources, Taliban also demand that they want to be assured by US that there will be no threat for regional countries especially for Pakistan and then a ceasefire will take place.

In this round of talks, the US special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has asked Taliban to hold talks with Afghan government and that the talks should aimed at reforms not for a demand by the Taliban to control Afghanistan, sources further said.

Taliban has not responded to this call by Ambassador Khalilzad.

According to unconfirmed reports, Taliban’s representatives will come to Kabul after a possible ceasefire and will hold talks with the Afghan government.

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