“Achieving the potential of the agreement, ensuring its success and earning lasting peace will depend on an equally scrupulous observance by the United States of each of its commitments. The Taliban No 2 also gives a brief overview of the peace talks between his group and US negotiators, led by Zalmay Khalilzad, in Doha, Qatar. He also concedes that there were divisions within the Taliban over the peace talks. They will even welcome the United States if it wants to play a role in rebuilding the postwar Afghanistan. The United States believed the Haqqanis were operating out of North Waziristan, an erstwhile tribal region of Pakistan.

Source: Pakistan Today February 20, 2020 15:11 UTC