Taliban representatives during the peace talks on Afghanistan held in Moscow on November 9, 2018. (TASS)
Reuters: Foreign troops to quit Afghanistan in 18 months under draft deal: Taliban officials
KABUL/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Taliban officials said U.S. negotiators on Saturday agreed a draft peace deal stipulating the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan within 18 months of the agreement being signed.
The details were provided 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 United States’ longest war.
They have yet to be confirmed by U.S. officials nor has either side released an official statement. Officials at the U.S. embassy in Kabul were not immediately available for comment.
Khalilzad is heading to the Afghan capital Kabul to brief President Ashraf Ghani after the longer-than expected talks, the sources and a diplomat said.
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WNU Editor: No comment yet from the U.S. delegation. The Afghan government was not part of these talks, nor there any coalition partners. The final draft .... if there is a draft .... was not issued.
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