Foreign troops to quit Afghanistan in 18 months under draft deal: Taliban sources

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Foreign troops to quit Afghanistan in 18 months under draft deal: Taliban sources
Abdul Qadir Sediqi, Jibran Ahmad, Rupam Jain

KABUL/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Taliban officials said U.S. negotiators on Saturday agreed a draft peace deal setting out the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan within 18 months, potentially ending the United States’ longest war.

The details of the draft were given to Reuters by Taliban sources at the end of six days of talks with U.S. special peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Qatar aimed at ending the war, more than 17 years since American-led forces invaded Afghanistan.

It stipulates that troops would leave within 18 months of the agreement being signed.

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