The Taliban's Difficult Pledge – The Diplomat

Even if it wanted to, could the Taliban ever really cut ties with and oppose al-Qaida?
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April 29, 2021
Members of the Taliban delegation from the left: Khairullah Khairkhwa, former western Herat Governor and one of five Taliban released from the U.S. prison on Guantanamo Bay in exchange for U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl, Suhail Shaheen, member of negotiation team, Mohammad Naeem, spokesman for the Taliban’s political office attend their joint news conference in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 19, 2021.
Credit: AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool
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The United States under the new administration of President Joe Biden announced it would withdraw fully from Afghanistan by September, a withdrawal implied to be tied to an agreement made with the Taliban in February 2020. Yet, the Taliban have made it clear that they consider the new timeline a violation of the agreement, which envisioned the United States out of Afghanistan by May 1. 

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