China News Service, October 9th. According to foreign media reports, US President Trump recently stated that US troops currently stationed in Afghanistan should withdraw to the US before Christmas 2020.

The Taliban welcomed this, saying it was a positive step to implement the peace agreement between the two parties.

　　According to reports, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahed said that the Taliban is committed to implementing the content of the agreement and "hopes to maintain good and positive relations with all countries including the United States in the future."

On February 23, local time, on the South Lawn of the White House, U.S. President Trump stated that the U.S. military has been in Afghanistan for 19 years, "We hope to reach a peace agreement. The Taliban also want to reach a peace agreement. They are tired of it. Fight." Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Mengtong

　　The United States launched the war in Afghanistan in 2001 and overthrew the Taliban regime that the United States identified as sheltering the "Al Qaeda" organization.

According to statistics, since the Afghan War, more than 100,000 Afghan citizens and soldiers have died, and more than 2,400 US soldiers have died.

　　In February 2020, the United States and the Afghan Taliban signed a peace agreement in Qatar aimed at ending the war in Afghanistan.

According to the agreement, the number of US troops in Afghanistan will be reduced to approximately 8,600 in June 2020, and the US and NATO coalition forces will withdraw from Afghanistan within 14 months.

The Taliban promised not to allow its members and members of other organizations, including Al-Qaida, to use Afghanistan’s land to threaten the security of the United States and its allies.

　　Over the past few months, the US military in Afghanistan has gradually withdrawn from Afghanistan.

On October 7, US President Trump stated that US troops in Afghanistan should withdraw to the US before Christmas 2020.

However, O'Brien, the U.S. President’s National Security Affairs Assistant, was inconsistent with Trump when he talked about the timetable for the withdrawal of troops. “There are currently less than 5,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, and it will drop to about 2,500 by the beginning of next year.”

　　On the other hand, in mid-September, the Afghan government and the Taliban launched the first direct dialogue in decades.

However, during the negotiations, violence still occurred frequently.

Many foreign media have pointed out that the Afghan government and the Taliban's positions are quite different, and it may be difficult to reach a peace agreement in a short time.