Afghan War: The Biden administration will review the peace agreement between former President Trump and the Taliban

 Afghan War: The Biden administration will review the peace agreement between former President Trump and the Taliban

The administration of new US President Joe Biden says it will review the Afghan peace deal reached between former President Trump and the Taliban.

A White House spokesman said the White House wanted to make sure that the Afghan Taliban kept its promises made under the agreement, including reducing violence in the country and ending ties with terrorist elements. Are '

US President Joe Biden's top national security adviser, Jack Sullivan, has spoken to Afghan officials to confirm the review.

Afghanistan has seen a new wave of targeted killings in recent months.

The history of the US military presence in Afghanistan dates back to 2001 when the US military invaded Afghanistan after 9/11 to overthrow the Taliban government.

However, over time, the Taliban reorganized as a militant force and remained a threat to elected governments until 2018, operating in more than two-thirds of Afghanistan.

Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh told the BBC this month that he believed the United States had accepted many of the Taliban's terms in the Afghan peace deal.

Is there a US-Taliban agreement?

Former US President Trump's administration has agreed to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan on a priority basis.

The agreement reached in February 2020 stated that if the Taliban kept their promises and if they did not allow al-Qaeda or other militants to operate in areas under their control, they would move forward under national peace talks. The United States and its NATO allies will withdraw all troops from Afghanistan in 14 months.

Although the conservative Islamic Tehreek-e-Taliban had stopped attacks on international troops under the landmark agreement, it is still fighting the Afghan government.

The agreement also stipulates that the Taliban release thousands of their captives in exchange for talks with the Afghan government.

Direct talks on the agreement began in Doha in September last year, but no progress has been made.

It should be noted that despite these talks, the incidence of violence in the country is still high and in the last few months, journalists, politicians, women judges, and human rights activists have been targeted.