Trump supports an agreement with a condition ... a positive atmosphere surrounding the Doha negotiations between the Taliban and America

The United States and the Taliban appear closer to reaching an agreement on the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani affirming today, "tangible progress" in negotiations to resolve the conflict and a Taliban official's announcement that a reduction in violence could be achieved in the coming days.

The Taliban are negotiating with Washington about the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan in exchange for security guarantees, a reduction in violence and the launch of an Afghan internal dialogue for more than a year, in an attempt to end the longest-running foreign war the United States has fought.

Ghani announced that he received a call from US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday evening to inform him of the developments of negotiations between Washington and the Taliban taking place in the Qatari capital, Doha.

"Today, I had the honor to receive a call from Mike Pompeo, in which he informed me of tangible progress in the ongoing peace negotiations with the Taliban," the Afghan president said in a tweet.

"The foreign minister informed me of the Taliban proposal aimed at reducing violence at a noticeable and lasting level," he said, expressing his happiness at "a welcome development."

A Taliban official from Afghanistan confirmed that the movement was ready to reduce its attacks. He explained that "if an agreement is signed, the Taliban will begin to reduce violence on Friday," adding that work is underway to control the splinter groups from the movement.

US and Afghan officials told the New York Times that President Donald Trump had agreed to a peace agreement with the Taliban and the withdrawal of his last soldiers from Afghanistan.

President Trump will sign the agreement if the Taliban commit to reducing the level of "violence" during a seven-day trial period this month, according to those officials.

Negotiators from the Taliban and Washington are scheduled to meet today, Wednesday, in Doha in a new round of talks.

Afghan sources told the island that the meeting might lead to the announcement of an agreement to reduce "violence" between Taliban militants and US forces in Afghanistan, as a first step towards signing a final peace agreement between the two parties.

Trump has made the withdrawal of his country's 13,000 troops from Afghanistan one of the main goals of his foreign policy, and reaching an agreement with the Taliban on the withdrawal of these forces could boost the chances of his re-election in November.

A de facto ceasefire will allow Americans to begin withdrawing thousands of their troops stationed in Afghanistan, which currently number about 13,000.

The Afghan conflict that started in 2001 with the American invasion did not witness a cease-fire except once in 2018 during Eid al-Fitr.

Then, Afghan ice creams shared with the Taliban and took photos with them, but the fighting resumed after that.

Despite ongoing negotiations between the United States and Afghanistan, the war continues, while confrontations reached a record level in the last quarter of 2019, according to a report by a US government watchdog.