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The Afghan Taliban would guarantee that the country’s soil would not be used against any country after the insurgent group signs a peace deal with the United States, hopefully bringing an end to the now almost two-decade-long war.
Speaking to the BBC Urdu, Spokesperson Sohail Shaheen of the political office in Qatar added that US withdrawal from Afghanistan would also build confidence in the peace deal.
Since February 22, a partial truce is in effect between the two sides in Afghanistan. The Taliban spokesperson added that the purpose of this truce was to provide an environment conducive enough to sign a peace accord.
“Following the signing of the agreement, the two sides will take various steps to build trust,” Shaheen said.
The Taliban spokesperson added that “appropriate steps would be taken to release prisoners held in the custody of both sides” after the peace deal is signed.
“America will release their prisoners and those who are in Taliban’s custody, will be released,” the spokesperson said. According to Shaheen, an international conference would also be held as a result of the peace deal. The conference would discuss “Afghanistan’s constitution” and “working of state institutions”.
“Talks on security agencies would also be held,” he said. “ Every issue and its solution would be mutually discussed.” —Reuters
