Update:
Trump’s Troop Statement Delays US-Taliban Deal: Sources | TOLOnews
The negotiations between the US and the Taliban on finalizing a peace deal have been slowed down after US President Donald Trump’s statement who said Washington is not rushing to pull out the American forces from the country, sources familiar with the negotiations said on Tuesday.
Mr. Trump who has been pushing for a diplomatic settlement to America’s longest war in Afghanistan said at a press conference on the last day of G7 Summit in Biarritz, France, that his administration had no rush to withdraw US forces from the country, something the Taliban have been pushing for in the past eighteen years to end the conflict in Afghanistan that has taken the lives of thousands of Afghan civilians and security force members.
“Whatever it isâ€, there is “no rushâ€, said Trump on Monday at a press conference at the sideline of the G7 summit.
Read more at: https://www.tolonews.com/afghanistan/trump%E2%80%99s-troop-statement-slows-down-us-taliban-deal-sources
antiwar.com runs this article, both what Trump said and this story are from yesterday:
Report: US, Taliban Have Finalized Peace Deal
Announcement of pact will be made in a few days
Jason Ditz Posted on August 26, 2019Categories NewsTags Afghanistan, Trump
Sources within Doha say that the most recent round of talks between the US and Taliban have worked out a peace deal for Afghanistan. The plan is to announce it formally in a few days, giving the US time to inform the Afghan government on what’s been decided.
Details aren’t being made public so far, but US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad is heading to Kabul to brief the government there, and will subsequently travel to Brussels to inform NATO about what is going on.
Despite the indications this is a done deal, President Trump is still being very coy, saying that as far as he is concerned there is “no timeline†for ending the Afghan War, and that he is “in no rush.â€
https://news.antiwar.com/2019/08/26/report-us-taliban-have-finalized-peace-deal/
