According to one of these sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, the peace talks should resume in less than four weeks and start from where they had been interrupted. The information was confirmed by a party deputy of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a former insurgent leader who became leader of the Hezb-e-Islami formation after giving up the armed struggle and signing a peace agreement with the Afghan government in September 2016. The The United States and the Taliban were on the verge of signing an agreement when US President Donald Trump interrupted talks after the death of two NATO soldiers in a Taliban-claimed bomb blast on September 5. in Kabul. A first draft of this agreement provided for the withdrawal of 5,000 US troops from Afghanistan within 135 days. In return, the Taliban pledged to enter into negotiations with the Afghan government. The United States engaged a year ago direct and unprecedented negotiations with the Taliban, which they forced out of power in Afghanistan in the wake of the attacks of September 11, 2001, perpetrated by the al-Qaeda group. (Belga)
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