the UNITED states and the afghan Taliban movement has negotiated a proposal to curb the violence in Afghanistan in seven days.
It informs the american minister of defence, Mark Esper, at a press conference in Brussels. Here, he participated on Thursday in the Nato defence ministers ‘ meeting.
The typing of the news agencies Reuters and the NTB.
– We have said all along that the best – if not only – solution in Afghanistan is a political agreement. There has been progress on that front, and we will have more to say about soon, says Esper.
I will not go into detail now, since we now consult our allies. But if we go further with this, there will be made conditions, and it will be a process evaluated on an ongoing basis, he says, according to NTB.
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the UNITED states foesvarsminister Mark Esper at the summit in Brussels. Photo: Francois Lenoir/Ritzau Scanpix
Reduces violence
Esper will not immediately answer the question of whether the UNITED states will continue its counter-terrorism operations in the seven days, the agreement will apply.
the Nato secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, has repeatedly stressed that the Taliban must demonstrate both the ability and willingness to reduce violence in Afghanistan.
on Wednesday, reported several sources told Reuters that a peace agreement between the Taliban and the UNITED states may be signed this month.
– An agreement may be signed in February, if the Taliban reduces violent attacks significantly. An agreement can lead to a withdrawal of u.s. forces in Afghanistan, said two anonymous afghan government sources and a western diplomat on Wednesday.
Negotiations have been stalled, because the Taliban did not clearly have scaled back the number of mean and other attacks.
the UNITED states has around 13,000 soldiers in Afghanistan. In addition, there are several thousand Nato soldiers in the country.
