MONITORING (SW) – Republican US Senator Lindsey Graham has said that the American troops will not leave Afghanistan in May as proposed in the deal inked with the Taliban last February.
He said this in an interview with the CBS. “I’m very pleased with what the Biden administration is proposing for Afghanistan. We’re going to keep troops there on a conditions-based approach”, he said.
He charged the Taliban for ‘cheating’ and not complying. “And, so I like what Secretary Blinken and the Biden administration is doing”, he said referring to the ongoing review of the deal by the new US Administration. Senator Graham warned Daesh and al-Qaeda will come roaring back to Afghanistan and women will suffer greatly if the US forces left the country in May.
Last week, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken called for the need of permanent and comprehensive ceasefire in Afghanistan.
He raised this issue during a meetingt with Zalmay Khalilzad, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation on Thursday.
The Taliban reached an agreement with Washington last February, promising to end the war in Afghanistan in exchange for security guarantees.
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