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US says troops to leave Afghanistan by 11 September - Published US President Joe Biden is set to announce that American troops will leave Afghanistan by 11 September, officials have told US media. The US would miss a May deadline for a pull-out agreed with the Taliban by the Trump administration last year. The new deadline would coincide with the 20th anniversary of the terror attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in the US in 2001. Mr Biden had previously said the 1 May deadline would be tough to meet. US and Nato officials have said the Taliban, a hardline Islamist movement, have so far failed to live up to commitments to reduce violence. The president is due to make the announcement himself on Wednesday. The UK is now expected to withdraw 750 British soldiers stationed in Afghanistan by September, with Nato likely to pull its forces out collectively. German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer told ARD public television early on Wednesday: "We always said: we'll go in together, we'll leave together. I am for an orderly withdrawal, and that is why I assume that we (Nato) will agree to that today." The Taliban have been warned that if they attack US troops during the pull-out phase, they "will be met with a forceful response", a senior US official told reporters. Mr Biden had decided a hasty withdrawal that would put US forces at risk was not a viable option, the official added. At the same time, a review of US choices determined that now was the time to close the book on the 20-year conflict in Afghanistan to focus on more acute threats. The Afghan government has not yet responded officially, but the speaker of the Afghan parliament, Mir Rahman Rahmani, warned that the withdrawal of foreign forces in the current circumstances would lead to civil war. Boost for the Taliban? By Secunder Kermani, Afghanistan correspondent Many here will see this decision as a boost to the Taliban, despite it being a breach of the 1 May deadline the insurgents have insisted is adhered to. It seems unlikely they would now resume attacks on American forces given the short extension period; nevertheless, the Taliban reaction so far has been hostile. Some in the Afghan government had hoped the new Biden administration would adopt a more "conditions-based" approach to the peace process. Instead, that has been explicitly ruled out. The slow pace of talks between Afghan and Taliban negotiators so far suggests it will be difficult to reach a power-sharing arrangement before US troops are withdrawn. Perhaps the Taliban's desire for international legitimacy will lead them to compromise. But many fear the Taliban will be tempted to wait out the withdrawal, and then push for outright victory or at least dominance. The Afghan government has until now remained reliant on US air strikes to help hold the insurgents back. The Taliban said on Tuesday that it will now not attend a summit on Afghanistan's future, due to be held in Turkey later this month, until all foreign forces leave the country. "Until all foreign forces completely withdraw from our homeland, [we] will not participate in any conference that shall make decisions about Afghanistan," Mohammad Naeem, spokesman for the Taliban office in Qatar, tweeted. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin are expected to brief Nato allies on the decision in the Belgian capital, Brussels, on Wednesday. The United States has spent trillions of dollars and lost more than 2,000 service members since 2001 in what has been its longest war. The deal signed in February last year said the US and its Nato allies would withdraw all troops in 14 months if the Taliban upheld its promises, including not allowing al-Qaeda or other militants to operate in areas it controlled and proceeding with national peace talks. As a condition of starting negotiations with the Afghan government, the Taliban also demanded the release of thousands of their men in a prisoner swap. Direct talks then began in Doha in September 2020, but a breakthrough has still not been reached. Although the group stopped attacks on international forces as part of the historic agreement, it has continued to fight the Afghan government. Last month, the Taliban threatened to resume hostilities against foreign troops still in the country on 1 May. There are fears that if foreign military forces withdraw before a lasting agreement is reached, the Taliban might seize power. The US has some 2,500 troops in the country as part of a 9,600-strong Nato mission. US military involvement in Afghanistan October 2001: US-led bombing of Afghanistan begins following the 11 September attacks on the United States February 2009: Nato countries pledge to increase military and other commitments in Afghanistan after US announces dispatch of 17,000 extra troops December 2009: US President Barack Obama decides to boost US troop numbers in Afghanistan by 30,000, bringing total to 100,000. He says US will begin withdrawing its forces by 2011 October 2014: The US and UK end their combat operations in Afghanistan March 2015: President Obama announces his country will delay its troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, following a request from President Ashraf Ghani October 2015: President Obama announces that 9,800 US troops will remain in Afghanistan until the end of 2016, backtracking on an earlier pledge to pull all but 1,000 troops from the country July 2016: President Obama says 8,400 US troops will remain in Afghanistan into 2017 in light of the "precarious security situation". Nato also agrees to maintain troop numbers and reiterates a funding pledge for local security forces until 2020 August 2017: US President Donald Trump says he's sending more troops to fight a resurgent Taliban September 2019: Protracted peace talks between the Taliban and the US break down February 2020: After months of on-off talks, the US signs a troop withdrawal agreement in Doha with the Taliban
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अफगानिस्तान द्वन्द्व: तालिबान र सरकारी सेनाबीच फेरि लडाइँ, शान्तिवार्ताप्रति सन्देह तालिबानले अफगान सेनासँग आंशिक रूपमा युद्धविराम भङ्ग गरेपछि अफगानिसस्तानमा पुन: लडाइँ सुरु भएको छ। त्यसबाट आगामी साता हुने भनिएको शान्तिवार्ताप्रति सन्देह उत्पन्न भएको छ। अधिकारीहरूका अनुसार १६ भन्दा बढी प्रान्तमा दुई पक्षबीच सङ्घर्ष भएको छ। त्यहाँ भएका घटनामा आठ विद्रोही, छ सामान्य नागरिक र आठ सुरक्षाकर्मीको ज्यान गएको बताइन्छ। अफगान सरकारले तालिबानले स्थानीय स्तरमा पुन: आक्रमण सुरु गरेको २४ घण्टामा २० जनाको मृत्यु भएको जनाएको छ। यसैबेला अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति डोनल्ड ट्रम्पले एक तालिबान नेतासँग "धेरै राम्रो कुराकानी" भएको बताएका छन्। गत सप्ताहान्तमा अमेरिका र तालिबानबीच भएको शान्ति सम्झौतापश्चात् उनीहरूबीच टेलिफोनमा कुराकानी भएको हो। कुराकानीमा के भयो? तालिबानका एक प्रवक्ताले अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति र मुल्ला अब्दुल गनी बरादरबीच आधा घण्टाभन्दा लामो कुराकानी भएको बताए। उनले दुवै नेताले अफगानिस्तानमा शान्ति स्थापना गर्ने इच्छा व्यक्त गरेको जानकारी दिए। तालिबानका अनुसार ट्रम्पले आफ्ना विदेशमन्त्री माइक पोम्पेओलाई अफगान राष्ट्रपति अशरफ गनीसँग कुराकानी गर्न लगाउनेछन्। त्यसो गर्दा अफगान सरकार र तालिबानबीच वार्ता सुनिश्चित हुने र शान्ति सम्झौताअनुसार योजना बनाउन सकिने उसको भनाइ छ। कैदी आदानप्रदान गर्ने विषयमा विद्यमान विवादले उक्त सम्झौतामाथि प्रश्न उठेको छ। त्यसमा अफगान सरकार प्रत्यक्ष रूपमा संलग्न छैन। विवाद किन? सम्झौताअनुसार आगामी मार्च १० सम्ममा झन्डै ५,००० तालिबान कैदी र १,००० अफगान सुरक्षाकर्मी आदानप्रदान गरिनेछ। सोही मितिमा तालिबान र अफगान सरकारबीच वार्ता सुरु हुन लागेको छ। तर अफगानिस्तानका राष्ट्रपति अशरफ गनीले आइतवार आफ्नो सरकार त्यसमा सहमत नभएको बताएका छन्। सोमवार तालिबानले यदि कैदीहरू रिहा नभए वार्ता सुरु नहुने बताएको छ। तालिबानले अफगान अधिकारीहरूसँग भेट्ने तर कैदीहरूको रिहाइबारे मात्र कुराकानी गर्ने बताएको छ।