China News Service, March 5th. On the 4th local time, the U.S. forces launched an air strike on Taliban militants in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. This is only 4 days after the United States signed a peace agreement with the Taliban to end the war in Afghanistan. What happened between this? Can a peace agreement negotiated over a year later be implemented in the test of the bomb sound in Afghanistan?

Photo Credit: Screenshot of Colonel Sonny Leggett, US Army Spokesman in Social Media

Defensive strike: U.S. forces launch air strikes on Taliban

Col Sonny Leggett, a U.S. military spokesman in Afghanistan, said on social media on the 4th that the U.S. forces had launched air strikes on Taliban militants in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

He said the air strike was a "defensive blow" against the Taliban. The United States is committed to maintaining peace, but it also has a responsibility to protect its partners in Afghanistan. He called on the Taliban to stop "unnecessary attacks" and stick to its promises.

Before the U.S.-Taliban peace agreement was signed on February 29, Afghanistan experienced seven days of reduced and calmer violence. Why was the Taliban attacked for the first time in 11 days? Leggett said the U.S. move was in response to a previous Taliban attack on Afghan troops.

On the evening of March 3, Taliban militants attacked at least three military posts in the Kunduz area, killing at least 10 soldiers and 4 police officers.

At the same time, the Taliban attacked multiple police officers in central Uruzgan province that night. The governor's spokesman, Sergei Ebadi, said, "Unfortunately, 6 police officers were killed and 7 injured . "

Data Map: US President Trump said, "We want to reach a peace agreement. The Taliban also want to reach a peace agreement. They are tired of fighting." Photo by Chen Mengtong, reporter from China News Agency

Discussing the situation: Trump speaks with Taliban leaders

Before the peace agreement was written, the Taliban violence began to be "outrageous." According to an Afghan National Security Council spokesman, the Taliban have launched at least 76 attacks in 24 provinces in Afghanistan within days since the peace agreement was signed.

Ironically, just hours before the Taliban's series of overnight attacks, U.S. President Donald Trump had just telephoned Afghan Taliban political leader, Abdul Ghani Balladal.

Trump said publicly, "Today I talked with the Taliban leaders and we had a good time ... we all don't think there is violence and we don't want it."

According to a statement from the Taliban, Trump said during the call: "We have been in Afghanistan for 19 years, that is a long time, and it is in everyone's interest to withdraw from Afghanistan now." According to the peace agreement, it is stationed in Afghanistan. Foreign troops, including the United States, will withdraw from Afghanistan within the next 14 months. The Taliban have promised to refuge from terrorist organizations, including Al-Qaida.

Trump also said that the United States will continue to communicate with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to remove all obstacles to internal negotiations in Afghanistan.

Data map: The Taliban often launch attacks on government and civilian targets.

Difficult to resolve differences: whether to release the prisoner and induce contradictions

Indeed, judging from the current situation, the internal negotiation process in Afghanistan may be more difficult than that in the United States and Tajikistan.

After the signing of the peace agreement on February 29, there was disagreement between the Afghan government and the Taliban over the release of detainees.

After signing the agreement, Taliban chief negotiator Stanikzai said: "If 5,000 Taliban detainees detained in different areas of Afghanistan are released, internal negotiations in Afghanistan will begin on March 10. If these people are not released on time, Afghanistan Internal negotiations will be postponed, "he added," the United States has promised to release these detainees. "

In response, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani directly rejected the request the next day, saying that he could not accept the Taliban to set the prerequisites for initiating internal Arab dialogue.

"We have not made that commitment regarding the release of 5,000 Taliban prisoners," Ghani said at a press conference at the presidential palace. "A dialogue with the Taliban could include discussions on this matter." "Prisoners fall under the purview of the Afghan government, not the U.S. government, and we have not reached agreement on this issue with the United States."

The failure of the terms exchange seemed to anger the Taliban. A spokesman for the group, Zabiulla Mujahid, announced on March 2 that it has terminated part of the armistice agreement with Washington and resumed armed operations against Afghan security forces. Mujahid said Taliban militants will not participate in internal Afghanistan consultations until the Afghan government releases 5,000 Taliban prisoners.

Data sheet: Afghan parliament building was attacked by explosives fired by Taliban militants.

Compromises are not easy: Afghanistan's internal negotiations hinder many

Within Afghanistan, Ghani is skeptical of the upcoming internal negotiations in Afghanistan. The Taliban has also repeatedly called the Afghan government a "puppet" of the United States, and has always refused to talk directly with them.

In addition, the analysis points out that even if the internal dialogue between Arabs is started, the parties have divergent views on many issues, such as constitutional reform, power distribution, women's rights, and militia armed treatment. These issues are complex and closely related to the interests of all parties, and reaching a compromise is not easy.

Observers believe that peace negotiations in Afghanistan will take at least a year or a year and a half.

Today, there are still a few days before the Afghan government and the Taliban peace talks originally scheduled to begin on March 10 in the peace agreement, and whether they can proceed smoothly is still unknown. (Finish)