If they have stopped their offensive against the insurgents since February, the United States continues to conduct airstrikes to defend the afghan forces.
The taliban leader has called on the United States to comply with their agreement with the insurgents, and accused the U.s. of endangering the peace process in Afghanistan, particularly with their air strikes. The “drone attacks, bombings, raids and artillery fire for reasons that are unjustifiable does not serve the interests of the person, and do not help to win the war. On the contrary, these actions are counterproductive,” said Haibatullah Akhundzada, arrived at the head of the insurgents in 2016, in a rare message written on the occasion of the Eid-el-Adha, the feast of the Sacrifice.
If they have stopped their offensive against the insurgents since the signing of the agreement the american-taliban in February, the United States continues to conduct airstrikes to defend the afghan forces. The number of keystrokes, however, is not known, the u.s. army has officially ceased to make those figures public a few months ago.
“An islamic government pure”
The taliban have also stopped their offensive against Washington, but have stepped up their violence against afghan forces throughout the country. In a video posted on Twitter on Monday, the general Scott Miller, commander of the us forces and Nato in the country, has reiterated the us willingness “to support the afghan forces in these uncertain times, while continuing to defend our partners.”
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The agreement on the us-taliban provides for the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan by may 2021, in exchange for including of security guarantees on the part of the insurgents and the opening of peace negotiations with Kabul. Akhundzada, a former chief of the courts taliban, also called on Washington to not “create barriers to the end of the longest war in american history with notes and unjustified and propaganda”, so that general Miller had criticized on Monday the increase of violence.
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The chief of the insurgents also took the opportunity to attack the afghan government, “engaged in a struggle for short-term interests and for the power”. Akhundzada has accused Kabul of hindering the peace process, in particular by slowing the exchange of prisoners considered by the insurgents as a prerequisite for the start of peace talks.
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The taliban asked the afghan government to release 5000 insurgents in exchange for 1,000 members of the afghan forces. Kabul has already released most of those 5000 prisoners, but, according to the afghan intelligence services, some may return on the field of battle. The taliban have expressed their readiness to talks with the afghan government next month after the Eid al-Adha, if the exchange is completed. If he says he is ready to negotiate peace, Akhundzada, however, has repeated that the taliban would establish “an islamic government pure.”
