“In order to ensure the withdrawal of troops, at least, you need to create a good reason. At least you can declare that peace has been achieved. So the agreement with the Taliban is announced, the world comes to Afghanistan and you can leave. It doesn’t matter that the Taliban will start the war again. It seems like no one will be to blame, ”said the expert.
According to Solonnikov, in this situation, the United States is “just looking for an excuse.”
However, according to the expert, it is not clear "whether the signing of the agreement will really be followed by the withdrawal of NATO forces."
“Surely they will leave. But not very fast and not completely. In any case, the US presence in this zone is extremely important for them. Not even so much in terms of pressure on the southern borders of the former USSR, but rather for pressure on China. So it’s too early to say that the States will finally leave the region. But the general weakening of the military presence is the scenario that the American leader Donald Trump is playing, ”he concluded.
The United States and the Taliban have recently signed a peace agreement in Qatar.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo noted that this "agreement was the result of many efforts."
* "Taliban" - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of February 14, 2003.