The US does not rule out stopping its exit from Afghanistan

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The spokesman for the US Department of Defense, John Kirby, has stated that the planned departure of US troops from Afghanistan could be halted, since the Taliban are not fulfilling their part of the peace agreement reached in February last year.

In a press conference held this Thursday at the Pentagon headquarters, Kirby remarked that the Taliban have not fulfilled their commitments, so Washington reserves the possibility of studying the situation with the rest of its NATO partners in regarding the next steps to follow.

Although Kirby has clarified that the United States continues to be committed to leaving Afghanistan, he has acknowledged that if the Taliban continue not to fulfill their commitments to renounce terrorism and stop violent attacks, it is very difficult to know which way to go to reach an agreement negotiated.

For this reason, Kirby has transferred, the Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, has already started conversations with Washington's allies and partners in order to make the best decisions in the future about the presence of US troops in Afghanistan.

Currently 2,500 soldiers are deployed in Afghanistan, enough, the Pentagon spokesman stressed to enforce the anti-terrorist mission that Washington claims to be carrying out in the Asian country.

For his part, this Thursday the Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, held a conversation with the President of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani, in which he sent him solid diplomatic support for the peace process from Washington, according to reported the office spokesman, Ned Price.

Price said, the United States is reviewing the agreement with the Taliban in order to find out if they are fulfilling their commitments to cut ties with terrorist groups, reduce violence in Afghanistan and enter into meaningful negotiations with the Kabul government.

The United States has insisted that all Afghan leaders support this historic opportunity for peace while Safeguarding the progress made in the last 20 years with regard to Human Rights, civil liberties and the role of women in Afghan society.

In recent hours, Washington has also denounced the presence of the terrorist organization Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and its ties with the Taliban , who have firmly rejected these accusations, based on false information, whose sole objective is the extension of this war imposed on the Afghan nation.

Zabihula Mujahid the Taliban spokesman said, at present there are no Al Qaeda operatives present in Afghanistan nor is there a need for any foreigners to live in Afghanistan.

In February 2020, the United States and the Taliban negotiated an agreement for the withdrawal of Washington and the rest of the foreign troops from Afghanistan by May 2021, thus ending a war that has dragged on for the past two decades, leaving more than 4,000 civilians and 2,500 other US soldiers killed.