The Taliban and the US delegation are close to reaching an agreement and talks will continue on Wednesday, a spokesman for the Taliban's political office said.

Shaheen said in an interview with Al Jazeera that any transition will be agreed upon, after the signing of the agreement with the United States and enter into an Afghan-Afghan dialogue, and expressed hope to return to the independent Afghan people soon, he said.

US and Taliban delegates on Wednesday finalized a draft agreement that is expected to outline the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and represents a documented guarantee by the Taliban to fight "terrorist groups" in the war-weary country.

In a related development, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that President Trump's directives stressed the return of US soldiers from Afghanistan to their country as soon as possible, and ensure that the United States is not targeted again.

Draft Agreement
Sources familiar with the negotiations said in televised remarks that "US delegates and representatives of the Taliban have finalized the draft peace agreement in the ninth round of talks."

Al-Jazeera correspondent quoted US special envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad as saying that he would go later today to Kabul before returning to resume peace talks with the Taliban in Doha.

The talks continued until late last night to finalize the text of the agreement in the three languages ​​Pashto, Dari and English.

Representatives of the United States and the Taliban began the ninth round of talks on Thursday in the hope of completing the discussion on the remaining controversial points and reaching an agreement between the parties before the beginning of September, the date set by the US Secretary of State to reach an agreement between the parties. .