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The US does not seek “a withdrawal agreement”, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad said on June 19 adding that Washington’s goal is a “comprehensive peace agreement”.
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Most likely, Khalilzad’s remarks were a response to a statement by the Taliban’s Qatar office spokesman Suhail Shaheen. The Taliban representative said on June 18 that the United States has “accepted” a full troops withdrawal from Afghanistan.
“The exact date will be announced today or tomorrow that when the seventh round [of talks] will start. It is clear that when the Americans announce their decision on the timeline of the withdrawal of their forces, it will open the way for intra-Afghan talks so that we can decide on the future government and intra-Afghan talks,” Shaheen said.
