U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, left, and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban group's top political leader shack hands after signing a peace agreement between Taliban and U.S. officials in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020.The US and the Taliban signed a conditional peace agreement in Doha, Qatar on Saturday that could see the steady withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan and the end of America's longest-running war.
After more than a year of challenging negotiations amid continued bloodshed in Afghanistan, US Special Representative Zalmay Khalizad, the chief US negotiator, and head of the Taliban's negotiating team, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, signed the agreement in Doha, Qatar. The conditional peace agreement signed Saturday, which could eventually lead to a permanent peace accord, states that the US will cut the number of American troops in Afghanistan to 8,600 in the first 135 days. The US, as well as its allies and coalition partners, will withdraw all remaining forces from Afghanistan within 14 months of the signing.
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A deal between US and Taliban keeping afghan govt out? This is organised crime
Homeland this season?