WASHINGTON DC – Trump On Phone Call With Taliban Leader. President Donald Trump, on Tuesday, spoke on phone with Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. This comes a couple days after US signed a historic peace deal with the Taliban in Doha.
According to White House press, Trump, said he had a very good talk with the leader of the Taliban. The 35-minute call came a couple days after the US-Taliban agreement signed in Doha on Saturday.
Meanwhile, a transcript of the phone call was released by Taliban leader Mullah Baradar. He urged Trump to “take determined actions in regards to the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan”.
Under the terms of the US-Taliban agreement, foreign forces will quit Afghanistan within 14 months. Subject to Taliban security guarantees and a pledge by the insurgents to hold talks with Kabul. But a dispute over a prisoner swap has raised questions about whether the negotiations between Kabul and the Taliban will go ahead.
The agreement includes a commitment to exchange 5,000 Taliban prisoners held by the Afghan government in return for 1,000 captives. Trump On Phone Call With Taliban Leader.
Baradar called on Trump to not allow anyone to take actions that violate the terms of the agreement. Apparent differences between the Doha agreement and a joint US-Afghan declaration released in Afghanistan underline the obstacles facing negotiators.
The US-Taliban deal committed to the release of prisoners while the Kabul document only required both sides to determine “the feasibility of releasing” captives.
Since the deal signing, the Taliban have been publicly claiming “victory” over the US.