He accused parties of seeking to thwart it .. A Taliban leader assures the island of the movement's commitment to the Afghan armistice agreement

A member of the Taliban political bureau, Suhail Shaheen, accused unnamed parties of seeking to thwart the peace agreement with the United States, but in a meeting with Al Jazeera, he affirmed the movement’s commitment to the declared armistice agreement because of its control of 70% of the country.

The Taliban leader said, "There may be parties seeking to thwart the agreement, but these parties are not able to harm the peace process, because we control nearly 70% of the country."

Shaheen added that there are those who talk about a political and military wing of the movement, but pointed to the presence of one leadership, stressing that everyone is committed to this agreement, as "everyone was directed to abide by it and be ready for any breach."

Regarding the relationship between the Taliban and Washington, a member of the Taliban’s political bureau said that the agreement between the two sides includes the movement’s commitment not to allow the use of Afghan territory against the United States or any other country.

He considered that this is "in the interest of the stability of Afghanistan, and we do not want any party to harm our national interests, and we are committed to this matter, and we want to end the occupation, withdraw their forces from the country, and reach this goal through political talks."

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In contrast, the Ministry of the Interior said that the armistice between the Taliban and the United States had not seen any violations throughout the country.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani called on the Taliban to direct talks, while many Afghans welcomed the truce and stressed their hope for a comprehensive and lasting peace agreement.

And late on Friday night, a week of calm between the American forces and the Afghan government on the one hand and the Taliban on the other took effect in many southern and eastern Afghan states, in the hope that this calm - if it persists - would lead to the conclusion of an agreement between Washington and the Taliban in The Qatari capital, Doha, on February 29.

The expected peace agreement is expected to be followed by an exchange of prisoners, as five thousand prisoners of the Taliban and a thousand are being talked to the government, but the expected agreement between Washington and the Taliban is ambiguous. The second party talks about a complete withdrawal of American forces from Afghan territory, while Washington talks about a partial withdrawal. Only in exchange for security guarantees that Afghanistan will not be used as a platform to attack American forces.

And spread between 12 and 13 thousand American soldiers in Afghanistan, where the United States fought the longest war in its history, and also deploy forces to other foreign countries in this country within an international coalition led by Washington.

It is noteworthy that the Taliban ruled Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001, before an American-led international coalition overthrew its rule after the attacks of September 11, 2001, but the movement fought a continuous war against American and Afghan forces that killed tens of thousands of civilians and Afghan security forces, as well as more From 2,400 American soldiers.