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United States has been pulling out troops under the deal which
envisages the withdrawal to be complete by May, subject to
certain security guarantees, while the Taliban holds peace talks
with the Afghan government in Doha.
"The Islamic Emirate would like to stress to the new American
president-elect and future administration that implementation of
the agreement is the most reasonable and effective tool for
ending the conflict between both our countries," the militant
group said in a statement, its first substantive comment on the
results of the United States presidential election.
However, violence has been ramping up throughout the country
with the Taliban attacking provincial capitals, in some case
prompting United States airstrikes, as talks in Qatar's capital
have been mired in delays.
Groups such as the United Nations have also raised questions
over Al Qaeda with a senior U.N. official telling the BBC last
month that the group were still "heavily embedded" with the
Taliban.
Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump had made ending the war in
Afghanistan a major campaign promise and had said in a Tweet in
October that troops could be out of Afghanistan by Christmas,
though officials such as his national security advisor have said
that they were working to the May 2021 deadline.
(Reporting by Abdul Qadir Sediqi; Writing by Charlotte
Greenfield; Editing by Michael Perry)
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